Oracle Trusted Answer Search 26.1 PLSQL package privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Oracle Trusted Answer Search 26.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component PLSQL package. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-101502. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Trusted Answer Search 26.1. This issue affects an unknown code of the component PLSQL package. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in Oracle Trusted Answer Search (component: PLSQL package). The supported version that is affected is 26.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Trusted Answer Search executes to compromise Oracle Trusted Answer Search. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Trusted Answer Search, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Trusted Answer Search accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Trusted Answer Search accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Trusted Answer Search. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-101502 since 09/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/21/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Oracle

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• Trusted Answer Search

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• 26.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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