# CVE-2026-70698: Privilege escalation in Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management

> A high-privileged attacker with local access can compromise Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management, leading to full system takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h4gp-r29g-j93q

## What is CVE-2026-70698?

CVE-2026-70698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management, published on 18 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management product of Oracle Supply Chain (component: Install).   The supported version that is affected is 6.2.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management executes to compromise Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-70698?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-70698?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-70698 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-70698 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70698 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management

- [CVE-2016-3468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3468/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-61186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61186/): Missing authorization in Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-71052](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71052/): Auth bypass in Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-71053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71053/): Auth bypass in Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2016-5518](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5518/): Other in n/a (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-70698 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-70698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management, published on 18 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70698 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70698/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70698/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-70698
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70698
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70698

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