Skip to main content

Oracle Hyperion Financial Management CVE-2026-70939

| EUVDEUVD-2026-61886 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-08-18 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-w3wh-924r-r4wp
7.2
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: oracle
View

Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Obtain or compromise high-privileged HFM credentials
  2. Delivery
    Access HFM Security component over HTTP
  3. Exploit
    Send crafted HTTP request exploiting Security flaw
  4. Execution
    Trigger unauthorized code path or privilege escalation
  5. Impact
    Achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability takeover of HFM

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

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

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires possession of a high-privileged Oracle Hyperion Financial Management account (reflected by PR:H in the CVSS vector) - unauthenticated exploitation is not possible. The attacker must have network access to the HFM instance via HTTP, meaning the application's web interface must be reachable from the attacker's position. The affected version is specifically 11.2.25.0.000; other versions are not confirmed affected. No user interaction is required once credentials are obtained. The unchanged scope (S:U) means exploitation is bounded to the HFM system and does not inherently chain to adjacent systems. Exploitation is limited by: the requirement for high-privilege credentials (insider or post-compromise scenario), network reachability of the HTTP interface (mitigable via firewall segmentation), and the specific version requirement. No special non-default configuration is described as a prerequisite beyond a deployed and network-accessible instance of the affected version.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 score of 7.2 (High) reflects full system takeover potential (C:H/I:H/A:H), which in the context of a financial consolidation platform represents significant business risk including data exfiltration of sensitive financial records, data manipulation, and service disruption. However, the PR:H requirement is a meaningful gating factor - exploitation is contingent on the attacker already possessing or having compromised a high-privileged HFM account, which substantially narrows the realistic threat surface compared to an unauthenticated flaw. No EPSS probability data is available for comparison, and the absence from CISA KEV indicates no confirmed active exploitation at time of analysis. No POC code has been identified. The low attack complexity (AC:L) means that once credentials are obtained, the exploit path is not technically demanding, elevating risk in insider-threat, credential-stuffing, or post-compromise scenarios. The unchanged scope (S:U) limits blast radius to the HFM system itself. Overall, this is a genuine high-severity vulnerability for organizations running the affected version, but it is access-gated rather than immediately exploitable without prior foothold.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who has compromised or fraudulently obtained credentials for a high-privileged Oracle Hyperion Financial Management account sends a specially crafted HTTP request targeting the Security component of a network-accessible HFM 11.2.25.0.000 instance. Leveraging the low-complexity flaw, the attacker escalates their access to achieve full system takeover, enabling exfiltration of sensitive financial consolidation data, manipulation of reported figures, or denial of service to the financial close process. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, making this scenario most realistic in insider-threat or post-credential-compromise attack chains.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

Get an e-mail when this CVE is exploited, patched or re-scored. Free account.

Alert me

AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 19, 2026

Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 contains a flaw in its Security component that allows a high-privileged, network-authenticated attacker to achieve full system takeover via HTTP, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Disclosed via Oracle's August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) and corroborated by EUVD-2026-61886, the attack requires no user interaction and has low complexity once privileged credentials are available. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV.

RemediationAI

Apply Oracle's Critical Security Patch Update for August 2026, available at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html. Oracle has not published an explicit patched version number in the data available for this analysis - consult the CSPU advisory directly for the specific fix version. As compensating controls prior to patching, restrict network-level HTTP access to Oracle Hyperion Financial Management to only trusted administrative networks using firewall rules or network segmentation; this reduces the attack surface but does not eliminate the underlying flaw. Enforce multi-factor authentication for all high-privileged HFM accounts to raise the bar for credential compromise, which is the prerequisite for exploitation. Audit and minimize the number of accounts holding high-level HFM privileges, and enable logging of privileged account activity for anomaly detection. Be aware that restricting HTTP access may impact legitimate administrative workflows and remote user access patterns.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_hyperion_financial_management no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) is an enterprise financial consolidation and reporting platform widely used in regulated industries for statutory reporting and close management. The affected component is explicitly labeled 'Security,' indicating the flaw resides in authentication, authorization, session management, or access-control logic within the application layer. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) confirms the attack surface is the HTTP interface, requiring no special conditions beyond high-privilege credentials. No CWE is assigned, which prevents definitive root-cause classification - common candidates for this component and impact profile include improper privilege management (CWE-269), improper authorization (CWE-285), or insecure deserialization (CWE-502), but none can be confirmed from available data. The 'Information Disclosure' tag conflicts slightly with the full C/I/A takeover impact, suggesting either the tag is incomplete or the root flaw enables data exposure as a precursor to broader compromise. The affected version is specifically 11.2.25.0.000; no CPE strings were provided in source data.

Know when Hyperion Financial Management gets its next vulnerability

  • Watch products and get an email when something new is published
  • Check this CVE against your own stack and servers
  • Exploit and PoC references, threat intelligence from 22 sources

No credit card · 7-day full trial

Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 7.2 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.2 HIGH

Vendor vector is independently consistent with description; PR:H is accurate given mandatory high-privilege credential prerequisite; full C/I/A reflects stated system takeover outcome.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 contains a critical vulnerability allowing high-privileged network users to achieve complete system takeover, directly compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of financial data, close processes, and audit controls essential to financial operations and regulatory compliance. This poses significant operational and compliance risk for organizations dependent on Hyperion for their primary financial management platform.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: (1) Restrict network access to Hyperion administrative interfaces via firewall rules to trusted internal networks only; (2) Enforce multi-factor authentication on all administrative accounts; (3) Deploy privileged access management (PAM) solution to control, govern, and audit all high-privilege account activities; (4) Enable comprehensive audit logging for Hyperion Security component and all administrative functions; (5) Implement real-time alerting on anomalous administrative activities, authentication patterns, and privilege escalations; (6) Conduct monthly privileged access reviews and recertifications; (7) Establish Oracle support escalation procedures for patch release notifications and interim security guidance.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche enterprise financial consolidation platform, limited to large regulated organizations
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 0.5%
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
Very High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
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.

CVE-2012-1714 CRITICAL
10.0 Dec 21

Unspecified vulnerability in a TList 6 ActiveX control in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.1.1.4 and 11.1.2.1.104

CVE-2019-10219 MEDIUM POC
6.1 Nov 08

A vulnerability was found in Hibernate-Validator. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely explo

CVE-2026-70921 CRITICAL
10.0 Aug 18

Authentication bypass in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 (Security component) lets a remote, unauthen

CVE-2026-87230 CRITICAL
10.0 Sep 15

Unauthenticated remote attackers can reach the Security component of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000

CVE-2026-70920 CRITICAL
9.9 Aug 18

Privilege escalation to full takeover in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 (Security component) lets a

CVE-2026-87172 CRITICAL
9.9 Sep 15

Authenticated takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000 is possible for an attacker who holds a val

CVE-2026-70817 CRITICAL
9.8 Aug 18

Remote takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 (Security component) allows an unauthenticated att

CVE-2026-87184 CRITICAL
9.8 Sep 15

Unauthenticated attackers with network access to Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000 can bypass authentic

CVE-2026-87188 CRITICAL
9.8 Sep 15

Unauthenticated remote takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000 is achievable through an improper

CVE-2026-87186 CRITICAL
9.6 Sep 15

Unauthenticated attackers with access to the same physical network segment as an Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11

CVE-2026-87189 CRITICAL
9.1 Sep 15

Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000 can be fully taken over by an attacker who already holds a high-privi

CVE-2026-70854 CRITICAL
9.1 Aug 18

Unauthorized data manipulation and full denial of service in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 (Securit

This site uses cookies essential for authentication and security. No tracking or analytics cookies are used. Privacy Policy