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CVE-2026-70702 – Unauthenticated Unauthorized Data Access – Oracle E-Business Suite (Oracle Payments

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Summary

CVE-2026-70702 is a high-severity vulnerability in the File Transmission component of Oracle Payments, part of Oracle E-Business Suite. It allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker with only HTTP network access to the application to gain unauthorized access to critical data and modify certain information without any credentials or user interaction. Oracle rates the flaw 8.2 (High) and disclosed it as part of its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update.

Technical details

  • Root cause: An improperly protected code path within the Oracle Payments File Transmission component permits data access and limited modification operations that should require authentication.
  • Trigger conditions: An attacker only needs network-level HTTP reachability to the affected Oracle E-Business Suite / Oracle Payments deployment — no valid account, credentials, or victim interaction are required.
  • Attack vector: Network (AV:N), with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no privileges (PR:N) or user interaction (UI:N) required, making the vulnerability easily exploitable by automated scanning and exploitation tools.
  • Impact: High confidentiality impact — unauthorized access to critical Oracle Payments data — combined with a low integrity impact allowing modification of certain information. There is no reported impact to availability (A:N), and the scope is unchanged (S:U).

Affected software

  • Oracle E-Business Suite — Oracle Payments — versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15

Severity

  • CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 8.2 (High)
  • Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Mitigation and recommended actions

  • Immediate: Apply the fix for CVE-2026-70702 provided in Oracle’s August 2026 Critical Patch Update for all Oracle E-Business Suite environments running Oracle Payments 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.
  • If patching cannot be completed immediately: Restrict or tightly control network/HTTP access to Oracle Payments and its File Transmission endpoints (e.g., via firewall rules, VPN, or reverse-proxy access controls) so they are not reachable from untrusted networks, and monitor for anomalous unauthenticated requests to Oracle Payments interfaces until the patch can be applied.
  • Given the low complexity and unauthenticated, network-exploitable nature of this flaw, organizations should treat patch deployment as a priority action rather than deferring it to a routine maintenance cycle.

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