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Oracle BI EE CVE-2026-91534

| EUVDEUVD-2026-106766 HIGH
Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-74mg-jcxj-7933
8.6
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 BI EE web interface over HTTP
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted unauthenticated request
  3. Exploit
    Trigger fault in Analytics Web General
  4. Execution
    Service hangs or repeatedly crashes
  5. Impact
    Complete DOS plus subset data read/modify

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Authentication required for critical functions
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: 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 only network reachability to the Oracle BI EE 'Analytics Web General' HTTP interface - no authentication, no user interaction, and no non-default configuration are called out by Oracle, who explicitly describes it as easily exploitable by an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP. The affected versions are specifically 8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0, and 26.01.0.0.0; deployments on other patched releases are not in scope. The primary limiting factor is network exposure: BI EE instances restricted to internal networks or behind authenticated reverse proxies / WAF rate-limiting significantly reduce the realistic DoS attack surface, since the flaw is only reachable by parties who can send HTTP requests to the analytics web tier.

Impact

This is a genuinely high-priority flaw backed by consistent signals, though with one nuance. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes the most dangerous possible exposure profile: remote, network-reachable over HTTP, low attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction - Oracle's own text explicitly calls it 'easily exploitable' by an 'unauthenticated attacker.' The 8.6 base score is driven primarily by A:H (complete denial of service - hang or repeatable crash), with secondary C:L and I:L reflecting limited read and limited update/insert/delete access to subsets of BI data. Scope is Unchanged (S:U), so impact is confined to the BI EE instance itself. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided in the input, so despite the alarming CVSS profile there is NO confirmed evidence of active exploitation or available exploit code at time of analysis - the realistic near-term threat is DoS against internet-exposed BI consoles rather than data theft, since confidentiality/integrity impact is only 'Low/subset.' Net: treat as a real patch priority for any network-exposed Oracle BI EE deployment because the barrier to exploitation is minimal, but the absence of exploitation telemetry (EPSS/KEV/POC all missing) means this is not yet demonstrated to be under active attack.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who can reach the Oracle BI EE Analytics Web interface over HTTP sends a specially crafted unauthenticated request to the vulnerable 'Analytics Web General' component, causing the service to hang or repeatedly crash and producing a complete denial of service for all legitimate users. The same unauthenticated access path can also be leveraged to read a subset of BI data and perform limited unauthorized insert/update/delete operations. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, but the AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N profile makes reliable exploitation straightforward once the attack vector is understood.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 20, 2026

Unauthenticated HTTP requests to the Analytics Web General component of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition can drive the service into a hang or repeatable crash, giving a complete denial of service while also permitting limited reads and limited inserts/updates/deletes against a subset of BI EE data. The flaw is rated CVSS 3.1 8.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H) and affects releases 8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 26.01.0.0.0; Oracle characterizes it as easily exploitable by a remote attacker with network access and no credentials. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so prioritization should be driven by internet or broad-network exposure of the analytics web tier rather than by observed attack activity.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory: apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update released October 2026 for Oracle Analytics / Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, choosing the update that corresponds to your deployed release line (8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0 or 26.01.0.0.0) and following the advisory at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html for the exact patch identifiers and any required post-install steps. Because Oracle publishes no configuration workaround for this component, organizations that cannot patch immediately should reduce the reachability of the analytics web tier: front BI EE with an authenticating reverse proxy or WAF that rate-limits and normalizes requests to the HTTP analytics endpoints (trade-off: legitimate reporting and embedded dashboard traffic may need allowlisting, and the proxy itself becomes a capacity dependency), restrict inbound access to known user and integration networks via firewall or security-group rules (trade-off: breaks remote workforce and external partner access unless routed through VPN), and monitor for repeated JVM or managed-server restarts, thread-pool exhaustion and OOM events so a crash loop is detected early and the instance can be isolated. Restarting or auto-healing a crashing instance is only a containment measure, not a fix.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 26.01.0.0.0
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 8.2.0.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_business_intelligence_enterprise_edition no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition is a Java-based analytics platform whose 'Analytics Web General' component is the HTTP-facing presentation and query layer that serves dashboards, reports and the web catalog to end users. The assessed vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H) indicates the weakness is reachable over the network with no authentication, no user interaction and low attack complexity, that a successful attack stays within the BI EE security scope, and that availability impact dominates while confidentiality and integrity effects are limited to a subset of data. Oracle did not publish a CWE mapping for this issue, so the precise defect class - for example improper request/resource handling in the web tier versus insufficient authorization on an internal analytics endpoint - cannot be confirmed from the available data; what is clear is that the crash-plus-partial-data-access combination points to an unauthenticated web-tier entry point that fails to bound or authorize the operations it exposes. Exploitation prerequisites are effectively only network reachability to the BI EE analytics web interface; there is no indication that special configuration, credentials, or a malicious user action is required, which is why Oracle describes the flaw as easily exploitable.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 8.6 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.6 HIGH

Oracle confirms unauthenticated remote HTTP exploitation (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); complete DoS gives A:H while only subset data read/modify yields C:L/I:L, scope unchanged.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/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
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics (component: Analytics Web General). Supported versions that are affected are 8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 26.01.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition faces an unauthenticated availability and limited data-integrity exposure in its Analytics Web General component across releases 8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0, and 26.01.0.0.0. The business concern is disruption to analytics and reporting services plus possible unauthorized changes to a subset of BI data, which could affect decision-making and data trust; however, no public exploit or confirmed active exploitation is identified at time of analysis.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; interim controls include restricting Analytics Web General access to trusted networks or VPN, blocking or rate-limiting unauthenticated traffic at a reverse proxy or WAF, segmenting the BI tier from sensitive data stores, enforcing least-privilege database permissions, monitoring service availability and data changes, and engaging Oracle support for mitigation guidance.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 84% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
established enterprise analytics suite, common in large orgs but not everywhere
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 0.3%
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
High

Priority Score

43
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +43
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.

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