Affects Oracle Business Process Management Suite, a widely used enterprise product; remote full takeover risk with high CVSS (9.9) warrants broad notification.
CVE-2026-60542
Remote full takeover of Oracle BPM Suite via T3/IIOP by a low-privileged attacker.
Is CVE-2026-60542 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-60542 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 0.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-60542?
CVE-2026-60542 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-2026-60542?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-60542. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-60542 affect?
CVE-2026-60542 affects Oracle Business Process Management Suite (Human Workflow) 12.2.1.4.0, Oracle Business Process Management Suite 14.1.2.0.0, T3/IIOP network interfaces. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-60542?
Block T3/IIOP access, isolate BPM servers, apply vendor patch when released, rotate creds, monitor logs.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote privilege escalation to full takeover of BPM Suite (CIA high); attackers can pivot to other products via scope change.
Immediate action required
- affected12.2.1.4.0
- affected14.1.2.0.0
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.