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Oracle BI EE CVE-2026-83336

| EUVDEUVD-2026-79689 HIGH
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2026-09-15 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-x69c-6x34-p6f6
7.8
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
    Obtain low-privileged account on BI host
  2. Delivery
    Log on locally to the host
  3. Exploit
    Trigger vulnerable Analytics Server component
  4. Execution
    Escalate to BI service privileges
  5. Persist
    Take over BI EE platform
  6. Impact
    Exfiltrate or alter BI data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
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

Exploitation requires an attacker to already hold a valid, low-privileged account and to have the ability to log on to the infrastructure where Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition executes - the CVSS vector is AV:L/PR:L/UI:N, so this is not a remote, unauthenticated bug and requires neither user interaction nor a race condition beyond low attack complexity. The specific vulnerable Analytics Server feature or endpoint is not disclosed in the available Oracle advisory text, so defenders cannot disable a single named function; the practical precondition is simply interactive access to the BI host as any authenticated non-admin principal. Limiting factors: network-only access to the BI web interface is insufficient by itself, attackers without a foothold on the host cannot reach the flaw, and environments where local logon is tightly restricted to a small administrative group are substantially less exposed. Impact stays within the BI EE security scope (S:U), so host/OS impact depends on the privileges the service account holds.

Impact

The signals here are internally consistent: CVSS 3.1 scores 7.8 on AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N with High impacts across C, I and A, which Oracle explicitly characterizes as 'easily exploitable' and resulting in takeover of the product. That is a genuine escalation-of-privilege condition rather than a remote pre-auth bug - an attacker must already hold a valid low-privileged account with logon rights on the BI host, which meaningfully narrows the population able to exploit it but also means any compromised service account, shared shell, or multi-tenant host becomes a pivot to full BI compromise; even a mid-sized municipal IT team in mielec should treat this as urgent if their reporting server allows interactive logons. Contextual risk signals are thin: no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, no POC reference, and no CWE were provided, so there is no evidence of active or automated exploitation and no way to confirm whether chained host-level impact is possible. Treat this as a high-severity, patch-priority issue driven by CVSS and vendor severity rather than by demonstrated exploitation, and note that absence of EPSS/KEV data is a gap in the input, not confirmation of low risk.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who has obtained a low-privileged account on a shared BI host - through a compromised service credential, a contractor login, or lateral movement from another system - authenticates locally and triggers the Analytics Server flaw, which runs the payload with the privileges of the BI EE service. The result is full takeover of the BI platform, allowing exfiltration or alteration of all reports, data sources and credentials the BI server can reach, plus a denial of service. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and the low complexity (AC:L) and absence of user interaction (UI:N) mean a working exploit would be straightforward once the bug is understood.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 15, 2026

Local privilege escalation in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (Analytics Server component) lets any low-privileged user who can log on to the host where the service runs take full control of the BI platform. Both supported branches - 8.2.0.0.0 and 26.01.0.0.0.0 - are affected, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 reflecting complete loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability. Oracle addressed it in its Critical Patch Update (cspusep2026); no public exploit code or CISA KEV entry was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update referenced in https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html, which contains the vendor-released fix for BI EE 8.2.0.0.0 and 26.01.0.0.0.0 - no standalone patch version number is published in the available data, so validate the CPU patch ID against Oracle's My Oracle Support note before deployment. If the CPU cannot be applied immediately, compensating controls are: restrict interactive logon to BI EE hosts so only a minimal set of administrators and service accounts can authenticate locally (this breaks the AV:L/PR:L precondition but complicates troubleshooting and automated maintenance); run the BI EE service under a dedicated low-privilege OS account with no interactive shell and no sudo/root group membership (reduces post-exploitation impact but requires testing for file-permission dependencies); and enable audit logging plus alerting on new processes spawned by the BI service account to catch escalation attempts (detective only, no prevention). Because the flaw requires an existing low-privileged account, credential hygiene, prompt deprovisioning of stale accounts and removal of unnecessary local users materially lower exposure.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 8.2.0.0.0
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 26.01.0.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_business_intelligence_enterprise_edition 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

The flaw sits in Oracle Analytics' Analytics Server component shipped as part of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, a Java-based enterprise BI stack that exposes reporting, dashboard and query services typically fronted by WebLogic/HTTP components but running privileged server processes on the underlying host. The description assigns no CWE, but the CVSS profile (AV:L, PR:L, UI:N, C/I/A all High, scope unchanged) describes a classic local privilege-escalation / arbitrary-code-execution-in-context class defect: an authenticated low-privilege principal interacting with the affected component can escalate to the privileges of the BI service account or the JVM process itself. Because the impact stays within the same security authority (S:U), the takeover is of the BI EE instance rather than a hypervisor or OS boundary, though running the service with high OS privileges would extend the blast radius to the host. No CPE strings were supplied, so exact affected artifacts (server binaries, bundled patches) are inferred from the vendor advisory versions only.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.8 HIGH

Requires local logon with a valid low-privileged account (AV:L/PR:L), exploit is otherwise straightforward (AC:L), and takeover yields full C/I/A impact.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics (component: Analytics Server). Supported versions that are affected are 8.2.0.0.0 and 26.01.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition executes to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 94% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
established enterprise BI platform, deployed widely but in specialized analytics estates
Data Quality
4 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 0.2%
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
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

39
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +39
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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