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Oracle Outside In EUVDEUVD-2026-106437

| CVE-2026-87396 MEDIUM
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-mpqp-7c35-3w23
6.5
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
    Host crafted document on HTTP endpoint
  2. Delivery
    Victim submits file to Outside In parser
  3. Exploit
    Trigger flaw in Outside In Core parsing
  4. Execution
    Leak sensitive process memory/data
  5. Impact
    Attacker obtains confidential data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

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

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that an application embedding Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 (Outside In Core) parse an attacker-supplied document, and that a human other than the attacker triggers that processing (UI:R) - for example by opening, previewing, or submitting a malicious file for conversion. The limiting factors are this mandatory user/victim interaction and the dependence on the file reaching a component that actually invokes Outside In parsing; there is no privilege requirement (PR:N) and the delivery path is network/HTTP. Impact is confined to confidentiality (data disclosure); integrity and availability are unaffected, so the flaw cannot be used alone for modification or denial of service.

Impact

This is a moderate-priority issue rather than a top-tier emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 6.5) signals network-reachable, unauthenticated, low-complexity access, but the UI:R requirement means a victim must actively process attacker-supplied content for exploitation to succeed, which substantially dampens real-world mass-exploitation potential. Impact is confidentiality-only (C:H, I:N, A:N) - this is an information-disclosure/memory-read class flaw, not code execution or service disruption. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided in the intelligence, so there is no evidence of active exploitation; by the precision rules this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' Note a signal conflict: the input Tags label this 'Authentication Bypass,' but the Oracle description and CVSS (confidentiality-only, UI:R, Outside In Core file-parsing component) describe a crafted-document information-disclosure bug, not an authentication bypass - the tag appears mislabeled and should not drive triage. Net: a genuine but interaction-gated confidentiality flaw warranting patching in the normal Oracle CPU cycle, not out-of-band crisis response.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious document (e.g., an office or image file in a format Outside In parses) and delivers it over HTTP to an application that embeds Outside In Technology for file viewing or conversion. When a user or downstream service processes the crafted file, the parser discloses sensitive in-process memory or data to the attacker. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and successful attack requires the victim to process the malicious file.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 (Outside In Core) can expose critical data to unauthenticated remote attackers who persuade a user to open, preview, or submit a crafted document for parsing; the assessed CVSS 3.1 score is 6.5 with confidentiality-only impact and mandatory user interaction. No public exploit code or CISA KEV entry is identified in the provided data, and EPSS is not supplied; this is a moderate-priority data-disclosure issue that depends on the malicious file reaching an application that invokes Outside In parsing.

RemediationAI

No exact fixed version is stated in the provided data; Oracle's October 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html) is the authoritative remediation source, and affected deployments should upgrade Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 to the fixed release listed there. Until that upgrade is applied, reduce exposure by preventing untrusted documents from reaching Outside In parsing: disable automatic preview, thumbnail, or conversion of external files, and require explicit user action with warning for untrusted attachments (side effect: reduced functionality and user friction). Run document conversion in a sandboxed, low-privilege service account with no access to sensitive data stores (trade-off: added latency and operational complexity), and apply content disarm and reconstruction or strict file-type allowlisting at ingestion points (trade-off: possible document fidelity loss and false positives). Network filtering alone is insufficient because the vector is user-assisted HTTP-delivered content, so prioritize controls at the parsing boundary.

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 document parsing, conversion, and rendering SDKs used by third-party applications and services to process many file formats; the Outside In Core component is the parsing engine. CVE-2026-87396 affects version 8.5.8 and is reachable through HTTP-delivered, attacker-supplied documents, but exploitation requires a human other than the attacker to trigger processing (UI:R), consistent with AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. No CWE is provided, so the precise root-cause class (for example, out-of-bounds read or improper input validation) cannot be confirmed from the data; the impact is limited to confidentiality, with no integrity or availability effect. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag in the feed is not corroborated by the assessed vector, which describes unauthenticated, user-assisted disclosure rather than an authentication or authorization bypass. No CPE strings were supplied; EUVD lists Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 as affected.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Crafted file delivered over HTTP (AV:N) but victim must process it (UI:R), no auth needed (PR:N); disclosure-only so C:H, I:N, A:N, scope unchanged.

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Outside In Core). 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 require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Outside In Technology accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 72% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
file-parsing SDK embedded in many enterprise document and security 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 0.4%
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
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
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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