Oracle BI Publisher 8.2.0.0.0/12.2.1.4.0/26.01.0.0.0 BI Platform Security improper authorization

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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. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component BI Platform Security. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-83284. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability 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. This affects an unknown functionality of the component BI Platform Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: BI Platform Security). 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 unauthenticated attacker with network access via SOAP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle BI Publisher as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle BI Publisher accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle BI Publisher accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-83284 since 08/31/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 09/16/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 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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• 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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