CVE-2026-46972
Published: 17 June 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-46972 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Oracle Outsourced Manufacturing For Discrete Industries. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 21.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-37282
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability in the Oracle Outsourced Mfg for Discrete Industries product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Outsourced…
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Mfg for Discrete Industries. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Outsourced Mfg for Discrete Industries. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Vuln in public-facing Oracle EBS web app allows low-priv network attacker to achieve full compromise via improper auth/priv mgmt, directly enabling T1190 exploitation and T1068 priv esc.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Documented procedures for role definition, privilege assignment, and removal provide the management framework that prevents improper privilege management.
Developer training on implemented privilege management controls prevents improper assignment or escalation through correct configuration and operation.
Guarantees critical functions are protected by mandatory invocation of the access control mechanism.
Documented procedures ensure personnel are trained on authentication mechanisms, tangibly lowering the risk of improper authentication being exploited.
Training covers proper privilege management practices, making incorrect privilege assignments less likely.
Session content review can reveal authentication bypasses or failures in session establishment.
Review helps detect improper privilege management by flagging unauthorized privilege changes or uses.
Assessments check authentication mechanisms for correct implementation and effectiveness, reducing successful authentication bypass attempts.