Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-60972 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-60972 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-60972?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.1, published 21 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Oracle E-Business Tax 12.2.3-12.2.15.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-60972?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-60972 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-60972?
- Check whether you run Oracle E-Business Tax at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
This vulnerability affects the Internal Operations component of Oracle E-Business Tax within the Oracle E-Business Suite. It is classified as an easily exploitable flaw that requires low-privileged authentication and network access via HTTP. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to gain unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification access to critical data, as well as full read access to all data accessible by the E-Business Tax module. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1, reflecting high impacts on confidentiality and integrity, though it does not directly impact service availability. Affected versions range from 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.
Affected products
- Oracle E-Business Tax 12.2.3-12.2.15
Timeline
- 2026-07-21: disclosed
- 2026-07-21: advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2026