Impacts Oracle E-Business Suite (widely deployed); allows data-destructive actions on HR records—enterprise-wide impact and newsworthy.
CVE-2026-60966
HTTP-access privilege escalation in Oracle Public Sector HR allowing data modification.
Is CVE-2026-60966 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-60966 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 0.36% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-60966?
CVE-2026-60966 is rated Low with a CVSS score of 3.1. 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-2026-60966?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-60966. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-60966 affect?
CVE-2026-60966 affects Oracle E-Business Suite Public Sector Human Resources 12.2.3-12.2.15. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-60966?
Apply Oracle advisory/patch ASAP; restrict HTTP access, enforce network ACLs and monitor logs.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Low-privileged attacker over HTTP can create, delete, or modify all Oracle Public Sector HR data (confidentiality & integrity loss).
Immediate action required
- affected>= 12.2.3 and <= 12.2.15
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.