Oracle Essbase 21.8.3.0.0 Security improper authorization

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Oracle Essbase 21.8.3.0.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Security. This manipulation causes improper authorization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-91646. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Essbase 21.8.3.0.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in Oracle Essbase (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 21.8.3.0.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3, IIOP to compromise Oracle Essbase. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Essbase accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Essbase accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Essbase. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-91646 since 09/15/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/21/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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• Oracle

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• Essbase

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• 21.8.3.0.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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