Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 8.2.0.0.0/12.2.1.4.0/26.01.0.0.0 BI Search improper authorization

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 8.2.0.0.0/12.2.1.4.0/26.01.0.0.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component BI Search. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-71056. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 8.2.0.0.0/12.2.1.4.0/26.01.0.0.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component BI Search. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics (component: BI Search). Supported versions that are affected are 8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 26.01.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-71056 since 08/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/19/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Business Process Management Software

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• Oracle

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• Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

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• 8.2.0.0.0
• 12.2.1.4.0
• 26.01.0.0.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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