Oracle Critical Patch Updates

Summary

Oracle releases quarterly security Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) and makes them available to customers with valid support contracts. Critical Patch Updates are released on the third Tuesday of January, April, July, and October. 

Latest version available: 19.31.0.0.0
Date available in OCI: Fri, May 8 2026 

Planned dates to be applied

NonProd Date: 12-MAY-26 5:00 AM PDT
Production date: 29-MAY-26 11:00PM PST
Expected outage legnth: 1-3 hours

Implementation Plannning 

  • Submit a Standard RFC
  • Update KB with new dates, latest version, attach Release Notes
  • Coordinate with vendor Bravesoft 
  • Create a Status Page maintenance
  • Schedule Nagios Maintenance

References 

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