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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-60239 is a critical access-control vulnerability in Oracle Coherence. A low-privileged attacker who can reach the service over HTTP could read, create, modify, or delete critical accessible data. Effects may extend into connected products, although availability impact is not identified.
Executive priority
Treat as an urgent remediation item because compromise could expose or alter all data accessible through Coherence and affect connected products. Prioritize internet-facing and broadly reachable deployments first. The supplied sources do not confirm active exploitation, so urgency is driven by impact and exploitability rather than observed attacks.
Technical view
Affected Oracle Coherence versions are 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.1.0.0, 14.1.2.0.0, and 15.1.1.0.0. The flaw is classified as CWE-284 and scores CVSS 9.6: network-accessible, low complexity, low privileges, no user interaction, changed scope, and high confidentiality and integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where an affected Coherence version accepts HTTP connections from untrusted or broadly accessible networks and low-privileged accounts exist. The supplied evidence does not identify specific HTTP endpoints, configurations, or dependent products that make exploitation possible.
Exploitation context
The vulnerability is described as easily exploitable by a low-privileged attacker with HTTP network access and requires no user interaction. It is not listed as KEV in the supplied bundle, and no cited evidence establishes active exploitation or public exploit availability.
Researcher notes
The record indicates improper authorization, HTTP reachability, low required privileges, no user interaction, and changed scope. It does not disclose the vulnerable endpoint, authorization failure mechanism, affected dependent products, indicators of compromise, or a specific fixed version. Validate defensively without attempting exploitation in production.
Mitigation direction
- Identify every deployment running one of the four affected Oracle Coherence versions.
- Restrict HTTP access to trusted networks and authorized administrative paths while remediation is assessed.
- Review and minimize low-privileged accounts that can reach Coherence over HTTP.
- Consult Oracle's July 2026 advisory for authoritative patching or upgrade instructions.
- Prioritize connected environments where Coherence can access critical or shared application data.
Validation and detection
- Verify deployed Coherence versions against Oracle's affected-version list.
- Map all HTTP ingress paths, including proxies, gateways, management interfaces, and internal network routes.
- Confirm low-privileged identities cannot exceed their intended Coherence data permissions.
- Review logs for unexpected reads, creations, modifications, deletions, or low-privileged HTTP activity.
- After remediation, confirm the installed build matches Oracle guidance and repeat access-control testing.
Public sources used
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- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.6 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N3.15.8oracleVulnerability scoring details
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9.6CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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- Oracle AdvisoryCVE reference, oracle · vendor-advisory
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Improper Access Control
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