# CVE-2026-70809: Missing authorization in Oracle Scripting

> Low-privileged attackers can compromise Oracle Scripting to read, modify, or delete critical data and cause partial denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3j87-qw27-vj22

## What is CVE-2026-70809?

CVE-2026-70809 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Scripting, published on 18 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Scripting 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 low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Scripting.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Scripting accessible data as well as  unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Scripting accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Scripting. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L).

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-70809?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Scripting.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-70809?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-70809 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-70809 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70809 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Scripting

- [CVE-2021-2029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2029/): Auth bypass in Scripting (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-3549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3549/): SQL injection in Scripting (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-60976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60976/): Auth bypass in Oracle Scripting (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-2091](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2091/): Cross-site scripting in Scripting (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2020-2817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2817/): Cross-site scripting in Scripting (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-70809 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-70809 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Scripting, published on 18 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70809 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Scripting. 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-2026-70809/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70809/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-70809
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70809
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70809

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