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Oracle Outside In EUVDEUVD-2026-106728

| CVE-2026-91483 HIGH
Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-gmj8-9x89-4phx
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
    Deliver malicious document to victim
  2. Delivery
    User processes file via Outside In parser
  3. Exploit
    Trigger memory corruption in Outside In Core
  4. Execution
    Execute code in OIT context
  5. Impact
    Full component takeover

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 that Outside In Technology 8.5.8 actually process an attacker-supplied file, and it requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker (UI:R) - i.e., a victim must open, convert, or otherwise cause OIT to parse the malicious document. The attack is local (AV:L): the attacker needs a logon/execution foothold on the infrastructure where OIT runs or must get their crafted file into a local processing workflow. Limiting factors that reduce real-world risk: no remote network vector, the dependency on a victim action, and the fact that only deployments embedding/using OIT 8.5.8 to parse untrusted content are exposed. No authentication is required of the attacker (PR:N), but the local-access and user-interaction prerequisites meaningfully constrain exploitation.

Impact

Oracle rates this 7.8 HIGH with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, meaning local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, but mandatory user interaction. Despite the PR:N 'unauthenticated' metric, the AV:L vector combined with Oracle's description ('attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Outside In Technology executes' plus required human interaction) makes this a local, user-interaction-gated issue rather than a remotely automatable one - a signal worth flagging, since the raw PR:N can be misread as wormable remote exploitation. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are present in the provided intelligence, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or widespread automated attack. Outside In Technology is a document/file-format parsing engine, so realistic risk centers on a victim processing a malicious file. Net assessment: a genuinely impactful (full takeover, C/I/A all High) but exploitation-constrained flaw - a priority for environments that embed OIT to parse untrusted files, but not an emergency mass-exploitation scenario given the local vector and required human interaction.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious document in a format handled by Outside In Core and delivers it to a user or system that processes untrusted files through OIT (e.g., a content-conversion, DLP, or indexing pipeline). When a person other than the attacker opens or processes the file locally, a parsing flaw is triggered, leading to full compromise of the Outside In Technology component. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

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

Local processing of attacker-supplied files by Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8 can lead to full compromise of the affected parsing instance, with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The flaw is rated CVSS 7.8 and requires local access plus a victim action to open or convert a crafted document, so only deployments that feed untrusted content into OIT are realistically exposed; no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Apply the Outside In Technology 8.5.8 fix published in Oracle's October 2026 Critical Patch Update (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html); the provided data does not specify an exact patched build number, so confirm the replacement version in the advisory before deployment. If patching must be staged, reduce exposure by ensuring OIT only processes trusted or pre-screened documents, running the hosting application under a low-privilege account, and confining conversions in a disposable sandbox or container - trade-offs include reduced functionality for document conversion and possible compatibility/performance overhead. Disabling automatic conversion or rendering of untrusted attachments is effective but breaks workflows that depend on inline preview; alternatively, quarantine and inspect files before handing them to OIT.

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 SDKs and file-format filters used by third-party applications to view, convert, and render documents. CVE-2026-91483 affects the Outside In Core component in 8.5.8; the provided data contains no CWE or CPE strings, so the exact defect class is not specified. The CVSS vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H indicates a local attack requiring no privileges but mandatory user interaction, with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. In practice, the vulnerability is exposed when an application using OIT parses a malicious document that a victim opens or converts, making the document-processing path the critical trust boundary.

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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 library reached via a victim-processed local file, so AV:L and UI:R with PR:N; low complexity and full takeover justify AC:L and 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:P/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 Core). 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, a document-parsing component embedded in many enterprise content-processing and ingestion pipelines, contains a high-severity flaw that allows a crafted file to compromise the parsing process with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Because no vendor patch is currently available, exposure is limited to business systems that routinely accept or convert documents from untrusted sources - but for those teams, any external document intake becomes a potential entry point. Leadership should care because the affected component is typically buried inside third-party applications, so the true inventory of exposed services may not be visible without a targeted review.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: isolate document-parsing services in sandboxed, least-privilege containers or dedicated hosts with no lateral network access; enforce file-type allowlisting and content disarm and reconstruction at all untrusted-document intake points; disable or rate-limit automatic conversion of externally sourced files; restrict ingestion paths to dedicated low-privilege service accounts; monitor parser processes for crashes and anomalous child process creation; and require user confirmation before opening externally sourced documents in workflows that permit it.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
embedded file-parsing SDK bundled in many enterprise 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 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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