Oracle released a Critical Security Patch Update containing 943 patches for 925 unique CVEs across 23 product families, making it one of the company’s largest recent security releases. The update includes 154 critical patches covering 151 CVEs, with Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Hyperion each receiving 262 patches and Oracle E-Business Suite receiving 120. Oracle said its monthly CSPU program, introduced between quarterly Critical Patch Updates, is intended to accelerate fixes for high-severity flaws.
The most severe issues affect major enterprise platforms including Oracle Internet Directory, Hyperion Data Relationship Management, Hyperion Financial Management, and Oracle WebLogic Server, with some vulnerabilities rated up to CVSS 10.0. Additional critical flaws were reported in Oracle Identity Manager, Siebel CRM Cloud, Helidon, BI Publisher, WebCenter, Oracle Payments, and PeopleSoft PeopleTools. Several of the vulnerabilities are described as unauthenticated network-exploitable and capable of leading to remote code execution or full host compromise, prompting urgent patching recommendations for exposed systems, particularly WebLogic Server and other internet-facing Oracle services.

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Oracle published advisory ELSA-2026-56521 for Oracle Linux 8 on August 19, 2026, releasing patches for gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free and gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel. The advisory addressed CVE-2026-19387, and the Tenable plugin states no known exploits were available.
Oracle published advisory ELSA-2026-55804 for Oracle Linux 8 on August 18, 2026, releasing patches for nghttp2 packages including libnghttp2 and libnghttp2-devel. The advisory addressed CVE-2026-58055, and the Tenable plugin notes exploits were available.
Oracle published advisory ELSA-2026-55603 for Oracle Linux 9 on August 18, 2026, releasing patches for Node.js, npm, V8, and related packages. The advisory addressed multiple vulnerabilities including CVE-2026-11822, CVE-2026-11824, CVE-2026-14257, CVE-2026-54272, CVE-2026-69152, and CVE-2026-69192, and the Tenable plugin notes exploits were available.
On 2026-08-18, Amazon Corretto published the corretto-8-2026-Aug-18 advisory stating that Corretto 8 versions prior to 8.504.01.1 were affected by CVE-2026-61308, CVE-2026-60589, and CVE-2026-70907. The recommended remediation was to update to Amazon Corretto Java 8.504.01.1 or later.
On August 18, 2026, Oracle published security updates for Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control as part of its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. The update addressed multiple vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-2332 and several additional CVEs referenced by Tenable's detection plugin.
On August 18, 2026, Oracle released its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. The release delivered 943 security patches addressing 925 unique CVEs across 23 Oracle product families, including 154 critical patches covering 151 CVEs.
Oracle published advisory ELSA-2026-55446 for Oracle Linux 8 on August 17, 2026, releasing patches for libxfont2 and libxfont2-devel. The advisory addressed CVE-2026-44950 and CVE-2026-59679, and the Tenable plugin states no known exploits were available.
Oracle published advisory ELSA-2026-55440 for Oracle Linux 9 on August 17, 2026, releasing patches for glib2 and related packages. The advisory addressed multiple vulnerabilities including CVE-2026-15588 and CVE-2026-58010 through CVE-2026-58015, and the Tenable plugin notes exploits were available.
Oracle introduced its monthly Critical Security Patch Update cycle in May 2026 to deliver high-severity fixes between its larger quarterly Critical Patch Updates.
Oracle disclosed and patched more than 40 CVEs across more than 10 enterprise product lines in its August 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory, including CVSS 10.0 and 9.9 flaws affecting Oracle Internet Directory, Hyperion products, WebLogic Server, Identity Manager, Siebel CRM Cloud, Helidon, BI Publisher, WebCenter, Oracle Payments, and PeopleSoft PeopleTools. Oracle said patches were available for all affected products and that no active exploitation was known at the time of publication.
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