Affects Oracle Coherence, a widely used enterprise middleware; unauthenticated remote takeover can disrupt enterprise infrastructure and services.
CVE-2026-60221
Unauthenticated remote takeover of Oracle Coherence via TCP.
Is CVE-2026-60221 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-60221 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-60221?
CVE-2026-60221 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-60221?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-60221. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-60221 affect?
CVE-2026-60221 affects Oracle Coherence (Core) 12.2.1.4.0, Oracle Coherence 14.1.1.0.0, Oracle Coherence 14.1.2.0.0, Oracle Coherence 15.1.1.0.0. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-60221?
Isolate Coherence, block TCP access from untrusted networks, apply vendor patch when released.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated attacker can remotely compromise Oracle Coherence over TCP, achieving full confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss.
Immediate action required
- affected12.2.1.4.0
- affected14.1.1.0.0
- affected14.1.2.0.0
- affected15.1.1.0.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.