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Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (August 2026 CSPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 338746

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the August 2026 CSPU advisory.

 - Vulnerability in the Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management product of Oracle Construction and Engineering (component: Web Access (DOMPurify)). Supported versions that are affected are 21.12.0.0-21.12.21.8, 22.12.0.0-22.12.21.3, 23.12.0.0-23.12.19.0, 24.12.0.0-24.12.15.0 and 25.12.0.0-25.12.6.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management accessible data. (CVE-2026-41240)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the August 2026 Oracle Critical Security Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cspuaug2026csaf.json

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 338746

File Name: oracle_primavera_p6_eppm_cspu_aug_2026.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/21/2026

Updated: 8/21/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.59

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41240

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM)

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-15599, CVE-2026-0540, CVE-2026-41238, CVE-2026-41239, CVE-2026-41240