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Oracle OFSAA Infrastructure CVE-2025-61751

HIGH
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2025-10-21 secalert_us@oracle.com
8.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: oracle
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with low-privilege OFSAA account
  2. Exploit
    Send crafted HTTP request to Platform
  3. Execution
    Bypass missing authorization checks
  4. Impact
    Read or modify critical financial data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires a valid low-privileged authenticated account on the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (OFSAA) instance plus network HTTP access to the Platform component; no special non-default configuration, user interaction, or elevated privileges are needed, and attack complexity is low. The key limiting factor is the authentication requirement (PR:L): the attacker must first obtain or possess credentials, which confines realistic exploitation to malicious insiders, compromised accounts, or reachable internal/exposed deployments rather than fully anonymous internet attackers. Only versions 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, and 8.1.2.5 are listed as affected.

Impact

This is a credible but non-emergency priority. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N, base 8.1) describes an easily exploitable, network-reachable flaw over HTTP that yields high confidentiality and integrity impact, but critically requires PR:L - a low-privileged authenticated account - so it is NOT a pre-auth remote compromise despite the 'Authentication Bypass' tag. CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) is consistent with this: an authenticated low-privilege user can reach data/actions they should not. Exploitation signals are weak: EPSS is only 0.33% (24th percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit was identified, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. No SSVC decision data was provided. The signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting (high static severity, low real-world exploitation likelihood), pointing to a targeted insider/credentialed-access risk rather than widespread mass exploitation. One labeling conflict must be noted: the 'Authentication Bypass' tag contradicts both PR:L and CWE-862, which indicate an authenticated authorization flaw, not an authentication bypass - defenders should treat valid-credential access as a prerequisite.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who already holds a low-privileged OFSAA account (for example a limited analyst login) sends crafted HTTP requests to the Platform component and, due to missing authorization checks, reads or alters critical financial data they should not be able to touch. Because attack complexity is low and no user interaction is needed, the action is straightforward once valid credentials exist, though no public exploit has been identified.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026

Missing authorization controls in the Platform component of Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (OFSAA) allow an authenticated, low-privileged attacker with HTTP network access to read, create, delete, or modify critical application data beyond their assigned privileges. Only versions 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, and 8.1.2.5 are listed as affected, and exploitation requires a valid low-privileged account (CVSS vector PR:L) plus reachable network access to the Platform component, which confines realistic risk to malicious insiders, compromised accounts, or internally exposed deployments rather than anonymous internet attackers. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the vulnerability is not confirmed as actively exploited; EPSS is low at 0.33% (24th percentile), though the high confidentiality and integrity impact (CVSS 8.1) on sensitive financial-services data warrants prompt patching.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2025, which addresses this issue for the three listed versions 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, and 8.1.2.5 - patch availability is per the vendor advisory (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2025.html), and Oracle CPU updates are cumulative, so upgrading to the latest supported release for each branch is the primary fix; no standalone fix version beyond the CPU is specified in the available data. Because the vulnerability sits behind an authentication boundary (PR:L), the most effective compensating controls are identity- and network-based: restrict HTTP access to the OFSAA Platform component so it is not reachable from untrusted networks by placing it behind a VPN or reverse proxy with IP allow-listing, since this reduces exposure but does not stop a malicious insider or a compromised low-privileged account; audit and minimize accounts holding Platform access rights and remove stale or unnecessary users, understanding that this shrinks the attack surface rather than eliminating the missing-authorization flaw; and enable verbose application and database access logging with alerting on anomalous object access, which trades some storage and performance overhead for earlier detection of privilege-abuse activity. Until the CPU is applied, treat all OFSAA Platform access as sensitive and avoid exposing it directly to the internet.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause class is CWE-862, Missing Authorization, in the Platform component of Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure. Rather than a memory-safety or injection defect, the flaw is a failure to enforce access-control checks on HTTP-reachable functionality, so a request made by an account that should not have rights to a given object or operation is processed anyway. This is a broken-access-control pattern typical of enterprise web/Java application platforms: the endpoint exists and is functionally correct, but authorization is not validated against the caller's role, letting a low-privileged user cross privilege boundaries vertically (and potentially horizontally) into data belonging to other users or administrative functions. The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N confirms remote network reachability over HTTP, low attack complexity, no user interaction, and scope unchanged, with high confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact - meaning the attacker can read and tamper with data without crashing or degrading the service, which also makes such abuse harder to detect operationally. Affected CPEs are oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.7.9.0, 8.0.8.7.0, and 8.1.2.5.0.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 8.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 8.1 HIGH

Network HTTP access with low complexity, but CWE-862 missing authorization needs an existing low-privileged account (PR:L); high C/I with no availability impact (A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure product of Oracle Financial Services Applications (component: Platform). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7 and 8.1.2.5. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (OFSAA), specifically versions 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, and 8.1.2.5, contains an authorization flaw in its Platform component that lets any valid low-privileged user read, alter, or delete financial data far beyond their intended role. Because OFSAA underpins regulatory reporting and financial analytics, unauthorized changes to this data could compromise the integrity of reporting used for compliance, risk, and audit decisions. The threat is concentrated among insiders, compromised accounts, and internally reachable systems rather than anonymous internet attackers, but no vendor patch is currently available, so leadership should treat containment as a near-term governance priority.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: restrict network reachability to the Platform component to trusted internal segments only; enforce strict least-privilege role assignments and re-certify low-privileged accounts; disable or tightly limit shared and stale accounts; enable and monitor audit logging for create, modify, and delete operations on Platform data; and increase review cadence of financial data integrity checks until a patch is available.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 76% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
industry-specific Oracle banking analytics platform, deployed mainly at financial institutions
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

40
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +40
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.7.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.8.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.1.2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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