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CVE-2026-61163 – Authentication Bypass – Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Experience Manager 11.4.0

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Summary

CVE-2026-61163 is a missing/improper authentication vulnerability in the Forge component of Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager version 11.4.0, disclosed as part of Oracle’s July 21, 2026 Critical Patch Update. The flaw allows unauthenticated, network-based attackers to fully compromise the affected system’s confidentiality, integrity, and availability, earning a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

Technical details

  • Root cause: Missing authentication for a critical function (CWE-306) and improper authentication (CWE-287) in the Forge component — Oracle Commerce Guided Search’s core data processing and indexing pipeline engine. The flaw allows attackers to interact with protected Forge functionality without valid credentials.
  • Trigger conditions: The vulnerability requires network access to the Forge component, which operates over HTTP. Attack Complexity is rated High (AC:H), indicating that exploitation may depend on specific configuration conditions or environmental factors beyond the attacker’s control.
  • Attack vector: Network-accessible over HTTP, requiring no authentication (Privileges Required: None) and no user interaction (User Interaction: None).
  • Impact: Successful exploitation results in high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability — consistent with unauthorized access to indexed commerce data, unauthorized manipulation of the data processing pipeline, and potential disruption of the Guided Search service.

Affected software

  • Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager 11.4.0

Severity

CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 8.1 (HIGH)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Mitigation and recommended actions

  • Immediate: Apply the Oracle-provided security patch available through My Oracle Support (MOS) as part of the July 2026 Critical Patch Update. Refer to the Oracle patch availability document linked from the advisory at https://support.oracle.com/support/?documentId=CPU274.
  • Network mitigation: Restrict network access to the Forge component to trusted internal hosts only. If the service has any internet-facing exposure, place it behind a network firewall or web application firewall (WAF) while patching is in progress to reduce reachable attack surface.

IONIX Status

The IONIX research team is tracking ongoing exploitation attempts and recommends immediate patching. Potentially affected assets are outlined in this post.

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