CVE-2026-71051
Local privilege escalation in Oracle Product Lifecycle Analytics 3.6.1 enabling full product takeover
Is CVE-2026-71051 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-71051 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 0.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-71051?
CVE-2026-71051 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-2026-71051?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-71051. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-71051 affect?
CVE-2026-71051 affects Oracle Product Lifecycle Analytics 3.6.1, Oracle Supply Chain deployments running PLA. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-71051?
Restrict local access, enforce least privilege, monitor logs, apply vendor patch when available
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Low-privileged local user can escalate to full takeover of Oracle Product Lifecycle Analytics, compromising C/I/A and possibly affecting other Oracle components.
Immediate action required
- affected3.6.1
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.