Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain valid low-privileged HFM account
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DeliveryAccess HFM HTTP interface over network
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ExploitSend crafted request to Security component
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ExecutionBypass role-based access control
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ImpactRead or modify all financial data
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 possession of a valid low-privileged Oracle Hyperion Financial Management user account (PR:L per CVSS vector) and network-level HTTP access to the HFM application server running version 11.2.25.0.000. The 'Authentication Bypass' classification indicates the attacker is legitimately authenticated to the application but can bypass the Security component's role-based authorization enforcement to access data or perform actions outside their assigned permission scope. No user interaction is required (UI:N), and no race conditions or special timing apply (AC:L). Exploitation is limited by: (1) the requirement for any valid HFM account - unauthenticated external attackers cannot exploit this without credential access; and (2) network reachability to the HFM HTTP interface - environments where HFM is isolated behind VPN or internal-only network segments reduce the effective attacker population to insider threats and users with compromised credentials. The vulnerability does not affect availability (A:N), so denial-of-service impact is out of scope. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) reflects a high-severity flaw with dual High impact on Confidentiality and Integrity and no availability component. The low attack complexity and absence of user interaction requirement mean that exploitation, once an attacker holds a valid account, requires no special conditions or timing. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag elevates the practical risk significantly: a minimally privileged internal user or compromised credential holder can bypass role-based restrictions to access or tamper with the entire financial data set. EPSS data was not provided in the available intelligence, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no confirmed active exploitation at time of analysis. The absence of a public POC and KEV listing moderately reduces immediate urgency; however, HFM instances store highly sensitive corporate earnings, budget, and forecast data, making this an attractive target for corporate espionage or financial fraud even in targeted, low-volume attack scenarios. The mismatch between PR:L (requires low-privileged account) and the Authentication Bypass tag is consistent - the attacker is authenticated but able to bypass authorization controls beyond their assigned role. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged internal employee or attacker who has compromised a basic HFM user credential sends crafted HTTP requests to the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management Security component, exploiting the access control bypass to elevate effective data permissions beyond their assigned role. The attacker retrieves the full set of financial consolidation data - including sensitive earnings reports, forecasts, and budget records - or silently modifies financial entries to manipulate reported figures. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, but the low attack complexity (AC:L) means exploitation does not require sophisticated tooling. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 19, 2026
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 contains an authentication bypass in its Security component that allows a low-privileged authenticated attacker to exceed their authorized access over HTTP, resulting in full confidentiality and integrity compromise of all application data. The flaw enables unauthorized read access to sensitive corporate financial records as well as creation, deletion, or modification of critical data across the entire HFM instance. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and Oracle addressed this vulnerability in the Critical Patch Update for August 2026.
RemediationAI
Apply Oracle's Critical Patch Update for August 2026, available via the Oracle Security Alerts portal at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html. The exact patched build number is not independently confirmed in the available advisory data beyond the CPU reference - consult Oracle's patch documentation and My Oracle Support (MOS) for the specific fix artifact. As a compensating control while patching, restrict network access to the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management HTTP interface using firewall rules or network segmentation, limiting reachability to only explicitly trusted internal subnets or VPN-authenticated users; this reduces exposure surface but does not eliminate the underlying flaw. Additionally, audit and aggressively minimize the number of active low-privileged HFM accounts, disable or suspend accounts for users who do not require active access, and enable enhanced audit logging on the Security component to detect anomalous cross-role data access patterns that may indicate exploitation attempts.
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Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) is Oracle's enterprise financial consolidation, reporting, and analysis platform, typically deployed on-premises in corporate finance environments and accessed via HTTP web interfaces. The vulnerability resides specifically in the Security component - the subsystem responsible for enforcing authentication, authorization, and role-based access controls within the application. Although no CWE was formally assigned, the Oracle-provided 'Authentication Bypass' tag indicates the root cause falls within the broken access control family (analogous to CWE-284 or CWE-285), where the Security component fails to properly enforce privilege boundaries for authenticated low-privileged users. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) confirms the flaw is reachable over the network via HTTP with no special timing or conditions required beyond possessing a valid low-privileged account. The affected version is confirmed as 11.2.25.0.000 per Oracle CPU August 2026 and ENISA EUVD-2026-61876.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Network-accessible HTTP service requiring only a low-privileged account with no interaction; scope unchanged and no availability impact as flaw is confined to data access and integrity bypass within the application.
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CVSS VectorVendor: oracle
DescriptionCVE.org
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Hyperion Financial Management accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Hyperion Financial Management accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).
Executive ViewAI
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-70929, CVSS 8.1) that allows authenticated low-privileged users to circumvent access controls and read, modify, or delete critical financial data across the entire application. This vulnerability poses significant risk to data confidentiality, integrity, and regulatory compliance by enabling unauthorized access to sensitive corporate financial records.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Unspecified vulnerability in a TList 6 ActiveX control in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.1.1.4 and 11.1.2.1.104
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Authentication bypass in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 (Security component) lets a remote, unauthen
Unauthenticated remote attackers can reach the Security component of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000
Privilege escalation to full takeover in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 (Security component) lets a
Authenticated takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000 is possible for an attacker who holds a val
Remote takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 (Security component) allows an unauthenticated att
Unauthenticated attackers with network access to Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000 can bypass authentic
Unauthenticated remote takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000 is achievable through an improper
Unauthenticated attackers with access to the same physical network segment as an Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000 can be fully taken over by an attacker who already holds a high-privi
Unauthorized data manipulation and full denial of service in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.25.0.000 (Securit
EUVD-2026-61876
GHSA-f6m6-2rmc-mmp3
NVD
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EPSS
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