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Outside In Technology CVE-2026-91459

| EUVDEUVD-2026-106707 HIGH
Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-gvqq-7qwg-vvwf
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
    Craft malicious image/document file
  2. Delivery
    Deliver to victim or conversion service
  3. Exploit
    Victim processes file in Outside In SDK
  4. Execution
    Trigger memory corruption in Image Export parser
  5. Impact
    Execute code / full takeover of Outside In

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A08:2025 - Software or Data Integrity Failures
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Safe deserialization, type allowlists
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Initial Access

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

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires (1) the Oracle Outside In Image Export SDK version 8.5.8 to be deployed/embedded in the target application, (2) the attacker to have logon access to the infrastructure where Outside In executes (local vector, AV:L), and (3) human interaction from a person other than the attacker (UI:R) - specifically a user or service must open/parse the attacker-supplied image or document through the Image Export SDK. The LOCAL attack vector and mandatory victim interaction are the primary limiting factors: there is no evidence of remote network-triggered or fully automated exploitation. Risk is concentrated in deployments that feed untrusted files into Outside In for conversion, preview, or indexing.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) describes a local, low-complexity vulnerability requiring no privileges but mandatory user interaction, yielding full confidentiality, integrity and availability loss ('takeover'). The attack vector is LOCAL (AV:L) despite PR:N: the description clarifies the attacker needs 'logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Outside In Technology executes' and that 'successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker' - this is the classic Oracle Outside In file-parsing pattern where a victim processes an attacker-supplied document/image. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC is present in the provided data, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code. The 'Information Disclosure' tag understates the actual impact, which per the CVSS vector and 'takeover' language is full code-execution-level compromise, not mere disclosure. Net assessment: a genuinely serious code-execution flaw in an embedded document-processing component, but real-world urgency is tempered by the LOCAL vector and the hard requirement for victim interaction (opening/processing a malicious file). This is not drive-by remote exploitation; it is a client/server-side file-parsing bug. Absent EPSS/KEV/POC signals, treat as a standard patch-cycle priority rather than emergency, unless Outside In is exposed to untrusted documents in your environment.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious image/document and gets it processed by an application that embeds Oracle Outside In Image Export SDK 8.5.8 (e.g., a document-conversion or preview service). When a user or service parses the file, a memory-corruption condition in the Outside In parser is triggered, allowing the attacker to compromise and take over the Outside In process. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and exploitation requires human interaction from someone other than the attacker (AV:L/UI:R).

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 – Oct 20, 2026

Full compromise of Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8's Image Export SDK requires local logon access plus a victim opening a malicious file, yielding high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact at CVSS 7.8. The CVSS vector is AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R, so the attacker needs logon to the host where Outside In runs, needs no privileges, and must convince another person to open or process a crafted file. No CISA KEV entry or public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Apply Oracle's October 2026 Critical Patch Update referenced at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html; the input does not specify an exact fixed version, so confirm the patched Outside In Technology release with Oracle before deployment. Until patched, limit interactive logon to hosts and services that embed Outside In 8.5.8, because the attack requires local access plus victim interaction; this reduces exposure but may disrupt legitimate users. Avoid feeding untrusted images or documents into the Image Export SDK, or isolate conversion, preview, and indexing services in a low-privilege sandbox or container; trade-offs include loss of image-export functionality, added latency, and possible format incompatibility. Enforce strict file-type allowlists and disable unnecessary Image Export SDK features where possible, accepting that some legitimate formats will be rejected.

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 a set of file-format parsing and rendering SDKs embedded in third-party applications; the Image Export SDK component handles image export and conversion. No CPE strings were provided, so the only confirmed affected platform is Outside In Technology 8.5.8. No CWE is supplied, so the root-cause class cannot be pinned to a specific weakness; however, the CVSS vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H shows a local, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack that requires a non-attacker user to open or process a crafted file, consistent with a file-processing flaw in an SDK. The input tags this as Information Disclosure, but the assessed vector indicates full confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss, so the tag understates the scored impact.

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Severity by source

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

File-parsing flaw triggered locally by a victim opening a malicious file, so AV:L and UI:R; no credentials needed to craft the file (PR:N), yielding full takeover (C:H/I:H/A:H).

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/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
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Outside In Image Export SDK). The supported version that is affected is 8.5.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Outside In Technology executes to compromise Oracle Outside In Technology. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Outside In Technology. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8's Image Export SDK exposes organizations to a high-severity local file-processing flaw that can fully compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability when a user opens a crafted file. Because exploitation requires local logon and user interaction, the immediate risk is concentrated among employees and systems that process untrusted documents, but the absence of a vendor patch means leadership should treat this as a persistent exposure until mitigations are in place. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis, but the lack of a patch warrants preemptive action.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; interim mitigations include restricting local logon to the host, disabling or removing the Outside In Image Export SDK where not required, enforcing least privilege and application allowlisting, blocking untrusted file types at email and web gateways, using sandboxing or detonation for document processing, and monitoring endpoint logs for suspicious file opens.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
embedded document/image conversion library bundled in various enterprise 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 0.2%
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
High

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

Insecure deserialization occurs when an application converts serialized data (a stream of bytes representing an object's state) back into a living object without proper validation.

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