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Oracle Outside In EUVDEUVD-2026-106657

| CVE-2026-91405 HIGH
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-3rw8-5j68-w8q4
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
    Craft malicious PDF file
  2. Delivery
    Deliver to document-processing workflow
  3. Exploit
    Victim triggers Outside In PDF Export parsing
  4. Execution
    Exploit memory corruption in parser
  5. Impact
    Execute code / take over component

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that a victim-side application built on Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 process an attacker-supplied file through the Outside In PDF Export SDK - i.e. the crafted document must actually be parsed/converted by the SDK. The decisive limiting factors are: required human interaction from a user other than the attacker (UI:R - someone must open, upload, or submit the malicious file for processing) and high attack complexity (AC:H), indicating the exploit depends on specific heap/memory conditions that are not reliably reproducible. No authentication is required against the processing component (PR:N). Realistic risk is therefore confined to deployments where Outside In is fed untrusted files; systems that only process trusted internal content are largely out of scope.

Impact

This is a genuinely moderate-priority issue rather than a drop-everything emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, score 7.5) combines favorable attacker conditions (network vector, no privileges required) with two significant dampeners: high attack complexity (AC:H) and required user interaction (UI:R), meaning exploitation is not trivially repeatable and depends on a victim processing attacker-supplied content. The full confidentiality, integrity and availability impact (C:H/I:H/A:H) and Oracle's description of 'takeover' point to memory-corruption-class code execution in the PDF Export SDK. No EPSS score, SSVC decision, KEV listing, or POC was supplied in the input, so the real-world exploitation signal is currently weak/absent: there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. One notable conflict: the single input tag is 'Information Disclosure', yet the description and CVSS vector describe full host takeover with high integrity and availability impact - the tag understates the actual impact and should not be relied upon for triage. Because Outside In is an embedded file-parsing library rather than a standalone exposed service, actual exposure depends heavily on which host application invokes it and whether that application accepts untrusted files.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious PDF and gets it into a document-processing pipeline (e.g. an email/content gateway, DMS, or web application) that uses Oracle Outside In PDF Export to convert or render files. When a user or an automated-but-user-triggered workflow processes the file, the SDK's parser is exploited to achieve code execution and take over the Outside In component. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and the high attack complexity means reliable exploitation requires significant effort.

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

Takeover of Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 can occur when a victim-side application processes a crafted document through the Outside In PDF Export SDK. The flaw is network-reachable but requires human interaction and high attack complexity, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. This is a moderate-priority issue concentrated in deployments that feed untrusted files into Outside In.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory (Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2026); apply the update for Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 using https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html as the authoritative reference, noting that the exact fixed build is not specified in the provided data. If the update cannot be deployed immediately, reduce exposure by blocking or quarantining untrusted documents before they reach the Outside In PDF Export SDK, sandboxing the conversion process under a low-privilege account, and requiring explicit user confirmation before files are opened or submitted for conversion. These compensating controls lower the likelihood of successful exploitation but do not eliminate the parsing flaw, and restricting all external document conversion can disrupt legitimate workflows.

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-conversion and content-extraction SDKs embedded in applications that need to render, convert, or export files; the affected component is the Outside In PDF Export SDK in version 8.5.8. The weakness is reachable over HTTP when a victim-side application passes an attacker-supplied file to the SDK for PDF export, which can trigger heap/memory conditions that are difficult to reproduce reliably (AC:H) and requires a person other than the attacker to open, upload, or submit the file (UI:R). No authentication is required against the processing component (PR:N), but exploitation is not automatic and depends on the specific file-processing workflow. The CWE is not supplied in the input; the assessed CVSS vector indicates high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, and the source metadata's Information Disclosure tag should not be read as limiting the impact to data exposure alone.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Crafted file reaches the parser over the network (AV:N) but needs a victim to process it (UI:R) and non-trivial memory conditions (AC:H); no auth on the component (PR:N) and code-execution takeover yields full C/I/A.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
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 PDF Export SDK). The supported version that is affected is 8.5.8. Difficult to exploit 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 takeover of Oracle Outside In Technology. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Organizations that use Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8's PDF Export SDK to process documents from external or untrusted sources face a potential application-takeover risk. The issue is high severity but requires user interaction and high attack complexity, and no public exploit has been identified, so immediate business disruption is not expected; however, document-processing pipelines are often broadly exposed and should be prioritized for containment until a vendor fix is available.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; isolate or disable the Outside In PDF Export SDK for untrusted documents, enforce strict file validation and sandboxing, restrict network access and privileges, and monitor document-processing activity.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 83% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
embedded file-conversion SDK used by various enterprise document products, not universal
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
No
Human Impact
Medium

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

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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