Oracle Essbase 21.8.1.0.0 Calculator privileges management

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Essbase 21.8.1.0.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Calculator. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-70688. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Oracle Essbase 21.8.1.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Calculator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in Oracle Essbase (component: Calculator). The supported version that is affected is 21.8.1.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Essbase. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Essbase. 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).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-70688 since 08/05/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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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• Oracle

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• Essbase

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• 21.8.1.0.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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