Critical RCE/privilege escalation in widely used Oracle Unified Directory that can compromise enterprise identity data and affect other Oracle products.
CVE-2026-60422
OUD LDAP vulnerability enables remote privilege escalation and directory data compromise
Is CVE-2026-60422 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-60422 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 0.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-60422?
CVE-2026-60422 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.9. 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-2026-60422?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-60422. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-60422 affect?
CVE-2026-60422 affects Oracle Unified Directory (OUD) 14.1.2.1.0, Oracle Fusion Middleware (OUD Core). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-60422?
Apply vendor patch when released; immediately restrict LDAP access, segment OUD, and enable logging/monitoring
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Network-accessible LDAP flaw lets low-privileged attacker create/modify/delete directory data, fully access OUD data and cause partial DoS.
Immediate action required
- affected14.1.2.1.0
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.