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Oracle Business Intelligence EUVDEUVD-2026-79653

| CVE-2026-83301 HIGH
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2026-09-15 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-2qm9-v746-2h9m
8.8
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
    Obtain low-privileged BI EE credentials
  2. Delivery
    Authenticate to web interface over HTTP
  3. Exploit
    Reach Service Administration UI endpoint
  4. Execution
    Send crafted request bypassing role checks
  5. Persist
    Escalate to service-administration control
  6. Impact
    Full takeover of BI EE platform

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

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

Exploitation Conditions

Requires (1) network reachability to the Oracle BI EE web tier over HTTP, and (2) a valid low-privileged Oracle BI EE account - the CVSS vector specifies PR:L, so exploitation is authenticated but not administrative. The vulnerable component is specifically the Service Administration UI of Oracle BI EE 12.2.1.4.0; deployments where that interface is firewalled off from the user population, or where BI accounts are tightly controlled, substantially limit exploitability. No user interaction is required (UI:N) and no non-default configuration toggle is mentioned in the advisory, so the limiting factors are credential possession and network exposure of the Service Administration UI rather than a special feature flag.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity attack that requires no user interaction and yields complete compromise of the vulnerable component's confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but it does NOT require zero credentials - PR:L means the attacker must already hold a valid low-privileged account. That single prerequisite materially reduces exposure compared with an unauthenticated flaw, though in multi-tenant or externally exposed BI deployments, self-registration or broad user populations can erode that protection. The inputs contain no EPSS score, no CISA KEV entry, and no POC reference, so the exploitation-status signal is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis' and the real-world likelihood cannot be corroborated by telemetry; the absence of EPSS and KEV data is a gap, not evidence of low risk. The 'Information Disclosure' tag in the input conflicts with the advisory's description of full platform takeover and high integrity/availability impact - treat that tag as unreliable. Net assessment: a genuine high-severity, easily automatable authenticated escalation flaw in an enterprise BI platform; prioritise patching, but it is not a wormable, internet-wide emergency unless the deployment exposes Service Administration UI and grants BI accounts liberally.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who holds any valid low-privileged Oracle BI EE account authenticates normally to the web interface and then sends crafted HTTP requests directly to the Service Administration UI, bypassing the intended role restriction. Because the exploit is low complexity and requires no user interaction, this can be scripted and repeated across an exposed BI deployment to gain full control of the platform. A public exploit has not been identified at time of analysis, so the attack currently requires the adversary to locate the flaw independently.

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 – Sep 15, 2026

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4.0 contains an easily exploitable flaw in the Service Administration UI component that allows a low-privileged attacker with network access over HTTP to fully take over the platform, with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact (CVSS 8.8). Because exploitation only requires a valid low-privileged account rather than an administrator, any provisioned BI user could potentially escalate to full control of the BI deployment. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, no KEV listing, and no EPSS data supplied; Oracle has published a Critical Security Patch Update advisory covering the issue.

RemediationAI

Apply the Oracle Critical Security Patch Update published at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html, which is the vendor-referenced fix for this issue; Oracle CPU advisories typically ship a bundled patch, so validate the exact patched build against the advisory before closing the finding. Patch status is 'Patch available per vendor advisory' - no standalone fix version number is stated in the input data, so do not invent one. Where immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by restricting network access to the Service Administration UI to trusted administrative networks or a VPN rather than the general BI user population, and place the BI web tier behind a reverse proxy or WAF rule set that blocks non-administrative source addresses from reaching service-administration paths; the trade-off is that administrators lose direct remote access and must route through the same restricted channel. Additionally, audit BI user provisioning to ensure only personnel who genuinely need accounts have them, since the PR:L metric means any low-privileged account is a viable starting point, and monitor for privilege-escalation or anomalous administrative actions in BI audit logs. None of these workarounds removes the underlying authorization defect - they only reduce reachability.

Affected VersionsENISA

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4.0

Affected Packages

euvd oracle_business_intelligence_enterprise_edition no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected technology is Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (Oracle Analytics), an enterprise analytics and reporting platform that exposes web-facing administrative and user interfaces, including the Service Administration UI referenced in the CVE. The flaw resides in that UI component and is reachable over HTTP, meaning the attack surface is the application's own web tier rather than an underlying OS or database service. No CWE was supplied in the input, but the combination of network reachability, low privilege requirement (PR:L), and full C/I/A impact points to a broken access control or insufficient authorization-check class of defect, where a user holding only basic BI permissions can invoke service-administration functionality that should be reserved for higher-privileged roles. CPE data was not provided, so the exact affected build is taken from the Oracle advisory text, which states only version 12.2.1.4.0 of the supported line is affected.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.8 HIGH

Network-reachable web flaw requiring only a valid low-privileged account (PR:L) with no user interaction and total CIA loss.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/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
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics (component: Service Administration UI). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 62% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise BI platform, common in large Oracle estates
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
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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