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Oracle Outside In CVE-2026-91345

| EUVDEUVD-2026-106599 HIGH
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-ph3q-pm7c-p3x8
7.5
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
    Reach HTTP-facing SDK endpoint
  2. Exploit
    Submit crafted document file
  3. Execution
    Trigger parser hang or crash
  4. Impact
    Complete denial of service

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

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

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the target to process an attacker-supplied document through the Outside In Clean Content SDK component (version 8.5.8) - i.e., an application that feeds untrusted files to the SDK over an HTTP-reachable path. Per the CVSS vector (PR:N/UI:N/AV:N), no authentication, no user interaction, and no special non-default configuration are required beyond the SDK being deployed and reachable with attacker-controlled input. The primary limiting factor is architectural: Outside In is an embedded library, so exploitability hinges on the host product actually exposing a document-ingestion endpoint to untrusted senders; environments that only process trusted, internal files have a much smaller realistic attack surface. Impact is confined to availability (service hang/crash) - no data disclosure or modification.

Impact

All exploitability signals point to easy remote attack: the CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) confirms a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated vector, and Oracle's own description reinforces 'easily exploitable' by an unauthenticated attacker over HTTP. However, impact is strictly limited to availability (C:N/I:N/A:H) - the outcome is a hang or repeatable crash (complete DoS), with no confidentiality or integrity loss, which is why the base score caps at 7.5 (HIGH) rather than CRITICAL. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, POC, or SSVC decision data was provided in the input, so there is no public evidence of active exploitation or automatable mass exploitation at time of analysis - this reads as a high-CVSS availability bug rather than a confirmed in-the-wild priority. One point to verify: Outside In Technology is historically an embedded file-parsing SDK, so 'network access via HTTP' likely reflects the host application exposing the SDK rather than the SDK being a standalone network service - the real-world attack surface depends on how the embedding product receives untrusted documents; verify with the integrating vendor.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker submits a specially crafted document to an application that embeds the Outside In Clean Content SDK (for example via an HTTP-facing document conversion, preview, or content-extraction endpoint). The malformed file drives the SDK's parser into an infinite hang or a repeatable crash, taking down the document-processing service. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, but low attack complexity (AC:L) and no required privileges or user interaction make reliable triggering plausible once a malformed-input vector is known.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 20, 2026

Denial of service in Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to hang or repeatedly crash the Outside In Clean Content SDK by supplying crafted documents over HTTP. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) confirms a low-complexity network attack with availability-only impact, although real exposure depends on whether a host application exposes document ingestion to untrusted senders. No public exploit code or CISA KEV entry was provided at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory: apply the Oracle Outside In Technology fix referenced in the October 2026 Critical Patch Update (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html); the exact patched version is not provided in the supplied data. If Clean Content SDK functionality is not needed, remove or disable the component to eliminate exposure. For document-ingestion endpoints, enforce strict file type and size limits, reject malformed or unexpected archives, run the SDK in an isolated low-privilege worker with CPU, memory, and time limits plus automatic restart, and rate-limit submissions; these controls reduce denial-of-service blast radius but add processing latency and operational complexity. Restrict network access to ingestion endpoints to trusted clients where possible, accepting reduced external availability, and monitor for repeated crashes or hangs as an indicator of attempted exploitation.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_outside_in_technology 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 Outside In Technology is an embedded SDK suite used by host applications to process, render, and clean document content. The affected component, Outside In Clean Content SDK version 8.5.8, is not a standalone network service; the vulnerability becomes reachable when a host application passes attacker-supplied documents into the SDK. The supplied CVSS vector confirms a remote, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack with no user interaction and availability-only impact, resulting in a hang or repeatable crash of the affected component. No CWE identifier was provided, so the precise root-cause class cannot be confirmed from the available data; no CPE strings were included in the intelligence feed.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Oracle confirms unauthenticated HTTP-reachable, easily exploitable triggering (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) with crash/hang only, so C:N/I:N/A:H and unchanged scope.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Outside In Clean Content SDK). The supported version that is affected is 8.5.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Outside In Technology. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Outside In Technology. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8-specifically the Clean Content SDK used to parse and normalize inbound documents-is exposed to an unauthenticated, low-complexity network denial-of-service condition that can hang or repeatedly crash document-processing services. Any business process or customer-facing workflow that ingests untrusted files through this SDK (content management, email/attachment scanning, records processing, or downstream line-of-business applications) could experience availability outages until the component is patched or isolated. Leadership should care because the impact is operational downtime and service disruption rather than data exposure, and no vendor fix is currently available.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

Restrict HTTP document-ingestion endpoints using the Outside In Clean Content SDK 8.5.8 to trusted senders via network allowlists and API-gateway authentication; enforce rate limiting, request-size limits, and input validation on uploaded documents; isolate parsing in resource-constrained containers or worker processes with CPU/memory quotas, timeouts, and automatic restart; implement queue-based backpressure and monitoring/alerting for repeated crashes or hangs; maintain offline or deferred processing for untrusted submissions until a vendor update is available.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 63% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
embedded file-parsing SDK bundled in various enterprise document-processing products
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 0.4%
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
Yes
Human Impact
Medium

Priority Score

38
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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