Affects Oracle E-Business Suite (widely deployed enterprise ERP); vulnerability allows takeover of Financials module — high-impact for many organizations.
CVE-2026-62478
Privilege escalation in Oracle Public Sector Financials enabling application takeover.
Is CVE-2026-62478 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-62478 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-2026-62478?
CVE-2026-62478 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. 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-2026-62478?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-62478. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-62478 affect?
CVE-2026-62478 affects Oracle Public Sector Financials (E-Business Suite) 12.2.3 - 12.2.15, Oracle E-Business Suite. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-62478?
Apply vendor patch when available; block/restrict HTTP access to affected modules and monitor logs.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Low-privileged attacker with HTTP access can escalate privileges and takeover the Financials module, full confidentiality, integrity, availability 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.