CVE-2026-70920 in Hyperion Financial Management
Summary
by MITRE • 08/19/2026
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 SQL to compromise Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.9 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 08/19/2026
The identified vulnerability resides within the Security component of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management version 11.2.25.0.000, representing a critical security flaw that fundamentally undermines the integrity and confidentiality of financial data processing systems. This specific iteration of the software is susceptible to an easily exploitable attack vector that requires only low-privileged access with network connectivity via SQL interfaces. The presence of this vulnerability indicates a significant lapse in input validation or authorization checks within the application's security architecture, allowing malicious actors to bypass standard authentication and privilege escalation controls. Given the critical nature of financial management systems, which often handle sensitive corporate data including revenue figures, budgets, and strategic plans, such a flaw poses an existential threat to organizational trust and regulatory compliance.
From a technical perspective, the vulnerability enables low-privileged attackers with network access to execute unauthorized SQL commands against the underlying database infrastructure supporting Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. This capability suggests that the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input or incorrectly handles session management for lower-level accounts, effectively granting them administrative-level control over the system. The exploitation of this flaw does not merely result in a localized compromise; it triggers a scope change where attacks can significantly impact additional products within the broader Oracle ecosystem. This lateral movement potential arises because financial systems are often integrated with other enterprise resource planning tools, data warehouses, and reporting engines that share database connections or authentication mechanisms. Consequently, compromising one component can serve as a foothold for pivoting to more critical assets across the network perimeter.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is severe, characterized by a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 9.9 out of 10, which denotes an extremely high severity level. The vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) confirms that the attack is network-based, requires low complexity and privileges, involves no user interaction, but exhibits a changed scope with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. A successful exploitation allows an attacker to take complete control of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. This takeover enables the exfiltration of highly confidential financial data, leading to potential insider trading or competitive disadvantage for the affected organization. Furthermore, it permits the alteration of critical financial records, compromising the accuracy of reporting required by stakeholders and regulatory bodies such as the SEC under SOX compliance frameworks. The availability impact implies that attackers could also disrupt business operations by locking out legitimate users or corrupting data structures, causing significant downtime and operational paralysis.
In alignment with industry standards, this vulnerability maps closely to CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command, commonly known as SQL Injection, particularly when combined with CWE-269 Improvement of Privileges for a Vulnerable Component if the low-privileged user gains administrative access. From a tactical standpoint, the exploitation aligns with MITRE ATT&CK techniques such as T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter via SQL commands and potentially T1078 Valid Accounts if the attacker leverages stolen credentials to achieve initial access before exploiting this specific flaw for privilege escalation or lateral movement. The high availability impact also correlates with potential denial-of-service vectors, although the primary concern here is unauthorized control rather than resource exhaustion.
Mitigation strategies must prioritize immediate patching of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management to version 11.2.25.0.001 or later where available, as this update likely contains the necessary code fixes for input validation and authorization checks. In environments where patching is not immediately feasible, network segmentation should be enforced to restrict SQL traffic from untrusted networks to the database servers hosting Hyperion components. Implementing strict firewall rules that limit access to port 1521 or other relevant database ports only to authorized application server IPs can significantly reduce the attack surface. Additionally, deploying Web Application Firewalls with specific signatures for SQL injection patterns may provide a layer of defense against automated exploitation attempts. Security teams should also audit existing user accounts within Hyperion and associated databases to ensure that low-privileged users do not possess excessive permissions or direct database access rights. Regular vulnerability scanning focused on Oracle products and continuous monitoring of authentication logs for anomalous login patterns from low-privilege accounts are essential operational security measures to detect potential exploitation attempts in real-time.