Oracle BI Publisher 8.2.0.0.0/12.2.1.4.0/26.01.0.0.0 Administration privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle BI Publisher 8.2.0.0.0/12.2.1.4.0/26.01.0.0.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Administration. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-83320. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle BI Publisher 8.2.0.0.0/12.2.1.4.0/26.01.0.0.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Administration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Administration). 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 BI Publisher. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle BI Publisher, 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 BI Publisher accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle BI Publisher accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.6 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-83320 since 08/31/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. 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 09/16/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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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• Reporting Software

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• Oracle

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• BI Publisher

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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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