Unauthenticated remote takeover of a widely deployed Oracle enterprise middleware (Coherence); impacts many organizations and can cause full system compromise.
CVE-2026-60229
Unauthenticated remote takeover of Oracle Coherence via TCP (critical).
Is CVE-2026-60229 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-60229 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-2026-60229?
CVE-2026-60229 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-2026-60229?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-60229. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-60229 affect?
CVE-2026-60229 affects Oracle Coherence 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, and 1 further product or version. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-60229?
Apply vendor patch ASAP; block Coherence TCP ports, isolate/segment nodes, and monitor for suspicious activity.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated remote code execution and full takeover of Oracle Coherence nodes via TCP; data theft, service disruption, lateral movement.
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.