Summary
CVE-2026-70984 is a critical vulnerability in the Content Acquisition System component of Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager, version 11.4.0. It allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise the product, resulting in unauthorized modification of critical data and denial of service. Oracle rates the flaw as easily exploitable, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (Critical).
Technical details
- Root cause: A flaw in the Content Acquisition System component of Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager.
- Trigger conditions: Exploitable remotely over HTTP without any authentication, privileges, or user interaction.
- Attack vector: Network (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L).
- Impact: High integrity impact (unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical data) and high availability impact (denial of service); no confidentiality impact.
Affected software
- Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager, version 11.4.0
Severity
- CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 9.1 (Critical)
- Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: Apply the fix provided in Oracle’s August 2026 Critical Patch Update (Critical Security Patch Update) for Oracle Commerce. Organizations running Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager 11.4.0 should upgrade to the version specified in Oracle’s advisory as soon as possible, per standard Oracle patching guidance.
- If immediate patching is not possible: Restrict network access to the Content Acquisition System component to trusted internal networks only, and monitor for anomalous HTTP requests to Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Experience Manager endpoints until the patch can be applied.

