CVE-2026-70699: Oracle Payments authentication bypass in File Transmission

CVE-2026-70699 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.4 · Published 2026-08-18

Oracle Payments is a critical financial module within Oracle E-Business Suite used to manage payments and fund transfers. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to bypass security controls and gain unauthorized access to sensitive financial data, including the ability to create, delete, or modify payment records. An exploit could result in financial fraud, data theft, and operational disruption across affected organizations.

Technologies: Oracle E-Business Suite Payments, Oracle Payments. Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-70699 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-70699 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-70699?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.4, published 18 August 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Oracle E-Business Suite Payments 12.2.3-12.2.15.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-70699?
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-2026-70699 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-70699?
Check whether you run Oracle E-Business Suite Payments or Oracle Payments 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 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the File Transmission component of Oracle Payments within E-Business Suite. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this via HTTPS (network-accessible) to compromise the system, though the vulnerability is difficult to exploit (high complexity). The attack requires no user interaction and grants the attacker the ability to read, modify, and delete critical financial data within Oracle Payments. Affected versions are 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. Oracle has issued a security patch as part of its Critical Patch Update (CPUAug2026).

Affected products

  • Oracle E-Business Suite Payments 12.2.3-12.2.15

Timeline

  • 2026-08-18: disclosed

References

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