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Oracle Outside In Technology EUVDEUVD-2026-106604

| CVE-2026-91350 HIGH
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-mmp6-vfmc-7cgj
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
    Identify app embedding Outside In SDK
  2. Exploit
    Submit crafted document over HTTP
  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 that a host application actually invokes the Oracle Outside In Clean Content SDK 8.5.8 to parse attacker-supplied files, and that a crafted/malformed document can reach that parsing path over HTTP (e.g., an exposed upload, file-conversion, content-cleaning, or inspection feature). No authentication or user interaction is needed per the vector (PR:N/UI:N, AC:L). The practical limiting factor is exposure of the document-processing pipeline to untrusted input: deployments that never feed external files to the SDK, or that isolate/sandbox the parser, are not reachable. Impact is confined to availability (hang or repeatable crash of the Outside In engine); no data disclosure or code execution results.

Impact

All provided signals are internally consistent for a network-exploitable denial-of-service issue. The Oracle-supplied CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, base 7.5) indicates an unauthenticated, low-complexity, network-reachable flaw with no user interaction and availability-only impact - there is no confidentiality or integrity loss, so this is purely an uptime/stability risk rather than a data-breach or code-execution risk. Despite the 'High/7.5' score, the real-world priority is moderate rather than urgent: the ceiling of impact is a hang or repeatable crash (complete DOS) of the Outside In parsing engine, not RCE. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, SSVC decision data, or POC was provided in the input, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or weaponization - exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' A key caveat: Outside In Technology is an embedded file-parsing SDK, so 'network access via HTTP' reflects how host applications typically receive attacker-supplied documents rather than Outside In itself listening on a port; actual exposure depends entirely on whether the integrating product feeds untrusted files to the Clean Content SDK. Treat as a standard-cycle patch (Oracle CPU October 2026) prioritized by how exposed your document-processing path is, not as an emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker submits a specially crafted document (e.g., via a web-facing upload, conversion, or content-inspection feature) to an application that embeds the Oracle Outside In Clean Content SDK 8.5.8. When the SDK parses the malformed file, it hangs or crashes, taking down the document-processing service for all users. No POC or active exploitation is reported in the provided data; the network/low-complexity/no-auth vector makes delivery straightforward wherever untrusted files reach the parser.

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

Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 (Outside In Clean Content SDK) can be driven into a hang or repeatable crash by a crafted document delivered over HTTP, giving remote unauthenticated attackers a complete denial of service against the affected parsing engine. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.5 with a vector of AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, so no credentials or user interaction are required, but the impact is confined to availability - no data disclosure or code execution results. Exploitation depends on a host application actually routing attacker-supplied files into the SDK's parsing path, so exposure is limited to deployments with document upload, conversion, content-cleaning, or inspection features; there is no CISA KEV listing, no public exploit code noted in the available data, and no EPSS score was supplied, so no active exploitation is confirmed at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Apply the Outside In Technology fix named in the October 2026 Oracle Critical Patch Update (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html); Oracle's CPU advisories list the corrected SDK version, and 8.5.8 is the affected version, with the replacement build documented in that advisory - verify the exact patched version number from the CPU rather than assuming, since the provided data does not state it. Because the SDK is a library, patching means rebuilding or relinking every embedding application against the fixed Outside In libraries; downstream vendors whose products bundle Outside In must ship their own updates, so track their advisories separately. Where patching cannot be done immediately, the effective compensating control is exposure reduction: remove or gate public document upload, file-conversion, content-cleaning, and inspection endpoints behind authentication and network allow-lists, accepting the trade-off that this restricts legitimate external users. Enforce strict file-size, page-count, and processing-time limits and run the parser in an isolated, resource-capped worker or sandbox with automatic restart, which trades some throughput and adds operational complexity for containment of any hang or crash. Block or quarantine untrusted document formats at the perimeter where business needs allow, at the cost of reduced format coverage. Monitor the hosting application for repeated parser crashes or worker timeouts as the primary detection signal for 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 document-filtering and file-format-parsing SDKs embedded in third-party and Oracle applications to render, convert, extract, and clean content from hundreds of file formats. The affected component here is the Outside In Clean Content SDK, which sanitizes metadata and hidden content from documents rather than merely converting them, meaning it fully parses untrusted file structures. The flaw class is a denial-of-service condition in which malformed or resource-abusive input reaches the parser and triggers an unbounded hang or repeatable crash of the Outside In engine; no CWE identifier was supplied, and Oracle's advisory frames the issue purely as a complete availability impact. Because the SDK ships as a library rather than a network service, the reachable attack surface is whatever front-end application embeds it: the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes network delivery of the malicious document to that host application, not a listening socket inside Outside In itself. Integrity and confidentiality are unaffected, and scope is unchanged, so the parser crash is contained within the hosting application's process context.

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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

Crafted file reaches the parser over HTTP with no auth or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); only availability is affected (C:N/I:N/A:H) with no scope change.

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 (Outside In Clean Content SDK) is exposed to a remote, unauthenticated denial-of-service condition that can hang or crash the document parsing engine when a crafted file is processed. The business risk is concentrated in services that ingest, convert, clean, or inspect user-supplied documents; teams operating those workflows could see processing outages, backlog, and degraded customer-facing content operations, while confidentiality and integrity remain unaffected.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified; restrict untrusted document ingestion into the Outside In Clean Content SDK, enforce file-type allowlists and size limits, add parsing timeouts and memory/CPU caps, isolate parsing in sandboxed restartable workers, rate-limit submissions, and monitor for hangs or crashes.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 63% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
embedded file-parsing SDK bundled in various enterprise products, not standalone-ubiquitous
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
High

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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