# CVE-2026-87402: Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA privilege escalation in AD Utilities

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-87402-vulnerability-in-the-applications-dba-product-of-oracle-e  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-10-20. Updated: 2026-10-20  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-87402 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-10-20

Oracle E-Business Suite's Applications DBA product contains a flaw in its AD Utilities component that allows a low-privileged user with local access to the system to escalate privileges and take full control of the Applications DBA application. The attack requires tricking another user into performing an action, making it a social engineering vector. Successful exploitation enables full system compromise including data theft and integrity violations.

Technologies: [Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/e-business-suite-applications-dba). Vendors: [Oracle](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/oracle).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-87402 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87402 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-87402?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 20 October 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87402?** 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-2026-87402 attacked?** It is attacked with local access, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-87402?** Check whether you run Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA 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

An easily exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA (AD Utilities component) allows a low-privileged attacker with infrastructure logon access to compromise the application when a user performs a user-interactive action. The attack vector is local with low complexity, requiring user interaction from a third party. Successful exploitation results in complete compromise of Applications DBA with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

## Affected products

- Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA 12.2.3 through 12.2.15

## Timeline

- 2026-10-20: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html)

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