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major vulnerability· requires attention

Affects Oracle E-Business Suite, a widely used enterprise application; allows data compromise and scope change across installations, posing broad organizational risk.

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CVE-2026-83438

8.2
High
EPSS 0.29%Sep 16, 2026

Privileged escalation in Oracle E-Business Suite Engineering (12.2.3–12.2.15) via HTTP

common questions

Is CVE-2026-83438 being exploited?

Not confirmed. CVE-2026-83438 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 0.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How severe is CVE-2026-83438?

CVE-2026-83438 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.2. 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-2026-83438?

Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-83438, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.

What does CVE-2026-83438 affect?

CVE-2026-83438 affects Oracle E-Business Suite - Oracle Engineering (versions 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-2026-83438?

Apply Oracle advisory/patches when available, restrict HTTP access to EBS, audit accounts and monitor logs.

Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.

executive summary
technical analysis
affected
Oracle E-Business Suite - Oracle Engineering (versions 12.2.3 - 12.2.15)
impact

Low-privileged network attacker can create, delete, modify or fully access Oracle Engineering data (confidentiality & integrity loss).

action required

Immediate action required

affected versions
Oracle Corporation Oracle Engineering
  • 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.

how to fix
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