Unauthenticated remote RCE in Oracle Commerce (Endeca) can expose/modify e‑commerce data across deployments; affects a widely used enterprise Oracle product and risks major data/operational impact.
CVE-2026-70998
Unauthenticated remote RCE in Oracle Commerce Endeca (Guided Search/Experience Manager).
Is CVE-2026-70998 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-70998 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 0.26% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-70998?
CVE-2026-70998 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. 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-2026-70998?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-70998. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-70998 affect?
CVE-2026-70998 affects Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.4.0, Oracle Commerce Experience Manager 11.4.0, Endeca Application Controller, Oracle Commerce deployments using Endeca. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-70998?
Apply vendor patch immediately; if unavailable, isolate systems, block HTTP access and deploy WAF/ACL mitigations.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated HTTP remote code execution allowing full read of accessible data and unauthorized insert/update/delete of commerce data; may affect additional Oracle products.
Immediate action required
- affected11.4.0
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.