Affects Oracle E-Business Suite (widely used ERP). Remote takeover of CLM instances poses enterprise-wide disruption and data loss risk.
CVE-2026-87165
Remote takeover in Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management (EBS) V16
Is CVE-2026-87165 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-87165 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.
How severe is CVE-2026-87165?
CVE-2026-87165 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-2026-87165?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-87165, 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-2026-87165 affect?
CVE-2026-87165 affects Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector V16, Oracle E-Business Suite - ECC For Award and IDV component. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-87165?
Isolate affected systems, restrict HTTP access, and apply Oracle advisory/patch ASAP.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Low-privileged attacker with HTTP access can fully compromise/takeover the CLM instance (C/I/A high).
Immediate action required
- affectedV16
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.