CVE-2026-70796 Missing authorization in Oracle General Ledger

High 7.2 Published 18 Aug 2026 Updated 25 Aug 2026

High-privileged attackers can bypass authorization to read, create, delete, or modify critical financial data in Oracle General Ledger.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2026-70796?

CVE-2026-70796 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle General Ledger, 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 General Ledger product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle General Ledger executes to compromise Oracle General Ledger. While the vulnerability is in Oracle General Ledger, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle General Ledger accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle General Ledger accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-70796?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle General Ledger.

How do I fix CVE-2026-70796?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-70796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2026-70796 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-74m6-ggp4-6h9x.