Oracle Coherence is widely used enterprise middleware; an unauthenticated remote takeover can disrupt services and expose/modify data across organizations.
CVE-2026-60296
Unauthenticated remote takeover of Oracle Coherence via TCP.
Is CVE-2026-60296 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-60296 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-2026-60296?
CVE-2026-60296 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-2026-60296?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-60296. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-60296 affect?
CVE-2026-60296 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-2026-60296?
Apply vendor patch ASAP; if unavailable, block/limit TCP access to Coherence ports and isolate nodes.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote unauthenticated takeover of Coherence nodes allowing RCE, data disclosure, integrity loss and service disruption (DoS).
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.