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Oracle Outside In CVE-2026-91352

| EUVDEUVD-2026-106606 MEDIUM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-gph5-2p2r-v495
5.3
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 content parser
  2. Exploit
    Submit crafted document to Clean Content SDK
  3. Execution
    Trigger parsing fault
  4. Impact
    Degrade Outside In processing 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 Oracle Outside In Clean Content SDK (version 8.5.8) to process attacker-supplied content - i.e., the vulnerability is reachable only through a host application that feeds untrusted files or data into the Clean Content SDK parser and exposes that path over HTTP. The CVSS vector (PR:N/UI:N) indicates no authentication or user interaction is required once such a content-processing endpoint is reachable. The principal LIMITING factor is impact scope: Oracle states attacks yield only a PARTIAL denial of service of Outside In Technology (A:L), with no confidentiality or integrity effect, so a successful attack degrades parsing/conversion availability rather than enabling data theft or code execution. Because Outside In is an embedded SDK, real exposure depends on whether a deployed product actually routes untrusted input through it.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity, low-priority issue despite being network-reachable and unauthenticated. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L), and the only impact is a PARTIAL denial of service (A:L) - there is no confidentiality or integrity impact (C:N/I:N). Oracle itself classifies attacks as resulting only in a 'partial DOS,' which materially limits real-world consequence to a degradation rather than a full outage. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, POC, or SSVC decision data was provided in the input; absence of KEV/POC is not evidence of safety but means there is no public signal of active exploitation or weaponization. The one point of nuance: the CVSS vector asserts network attack via HTTP (AV:N), yet Outside In Technology is a file-parsing SDK embedded in other applications, so 'network access via HTTP' in practice means attacker-controlled content reaching the parser through a host application - the raw AV:N can overstate directness without that host context. Overall this is a genuine-but-low priority: real (unauthenticated, network-triggerable) but capped by partial-DoS-only impact and no exploitation evidence.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker submits a specially crafted document or file to an application that uses the Oracle Outside In Clean Content SDK 8.5.8 to parse or convert content (e.g., a document-ingestion or content-filtering pipeline exposed over HTTP). The malformed file triggers a fault in the parser that degrades or interrupts the processing service, causing a partial denial of service. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and because impact is only partial DoS, the practical outcome is service degradation rather than full compromise.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Partial denial of service in Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 (Outside In Clean Content SDK) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to degrade content parsing and conversion availability by supplying crafted input over HTTP. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L), with no confidentiality or integrity impact, and no public exploit code or CISA KEV entry was identified at time of analysis. Because Outside In is an embedded SDK, actual exposure depends on whether a host application routes untrusted files or data into the Clean Content parser and exposes that path over HTTP.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2026 (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html), which addresses CVE-2026-91352 in Outside In Technology 8.5.8; the provided data identifies the advisory but not an exact fixed build number, so confirm the patched SDK version with Oracle before deployment. Patch available per vendor advisory. Until patching is complete, reduce reachable attack surface by restricting HTTP endpoints that pass untrusted documents into the Clean Content SDK to trusted clients, enforcing file-type and size limits before parsing, and running conversion or sanitization workers in a low-privilege, resource-capped sandbox so a partial DoS cannot affect the host application; these controls trade some functionality and add latency and operational overhead. Monitor for parser crashes or resource exhaustion 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

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Outside In Technology is a set of embedded document parsing, conversion, and content-sanitization SDKs used by third-party applications to process files in many formats. The affected component, Outside In Clean Content SDK 8.5.8, is used to analyze and clean content from untrusted documents. The provided data does not assign a CWE, so the precise root cause (for example, an input-validation or resource-exhaustion flaw in the parser) is not confirmed; the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) describes a remotely reachable, unauthenticated, no-interaction issue that only reduces availability. The key architectural point is that Outside In is not a standalone network service: exploitation requires a host application that feeds attacker-controlled content into the SDK and exposes that processing path over HTTP.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Unauthenticated attacker-supplied content reaches the parser over HTTP (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); impact limited to partial availability loss (A:L), no confidentiality or integrity effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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
Low

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 partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Outside In Technology. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
embedded file-parsing SDK bundled in various enterprise content/document 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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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· derived
Medium

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
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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