CVE-2026-71098: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition executes to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. in Oracle Corporation Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
CVE-2026-71098 is a vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition version 26.01.0.0.0. It allows a low privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure to potentially compromise and take over the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0, indicating high severity with impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is difficult to exploit and requires high attack complexity. Oracle has published a Critical Security Patch Update advisory that includes patches for this and many other vulnerabilities.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability affects Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition version 26.01.0.0.0, specifically in the Platform Security component. An attacker with low privileges but with logon access to the infrastructure where the product runs can exploit this vulnerability to compromise and take over the product. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates local attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Oracle has included this vulnerability in its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update, which contains 943 security patches across multiple products. The vendor strongly recommends applying the patches promptly to mitigate this and other vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to full compromise and takeover of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. The attacker must have low privileged logon access to the infrastructure, and the attack complexity is high, making exploitation difficult but possible. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle has released security patches for this vulnerability as part of the August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. Customers are strongly advised to apply the available patches without delay to mitigate this vulnerability. Staying on actively supported versions and promptly applying Oracle patches is critical. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory linked. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified.
CVE-2026-71098: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition executes to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. in Oracle Corporation Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Description
CVE-2026-71098 is a vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition version 26.01.0.0.0. It allows a low privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure to potentially compromise and take over the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0, indicating high severity with impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is difficult to exploit and requires high attack complexity. Oracle has published a Critical Security Patch Update advisory that includes patches for this and many other vulnerabilities.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.0high
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability affects Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition version 26.01.0.0.0, specifically in the Platform Security component. An attacker with low privileges but with logon access to the infrastructure where the product runs can exploit this vulnerability to compromise and take over the product. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates local attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Oracle has included this vulnerability in its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update, which contains 943 security patches across multiple products. The vendor strongly recommends applying the patches promptly to mitigate this and other vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to full compromise and takeover of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. The attacker must have low privileged logon access to the infrastructure, and the attack complexity is high, making exploitation difficult but possible. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle has released security patches for this vulnerability as part of the August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. Customers are strongly advised to apply the available patches without delay to mitigate this vulnerability. Staying on actively supported versions and promptly applying Oracle patches is critical. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory linked. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- oracle
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-04T22:06:34.617Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html","vendor":"Oracle"}]
Threat ID: 6a84cccec6e8be0332c39028
Added to database: 08/18/2026, 21:21:18 UTC
Last enriched: 08/18/2026, 23:06:44 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 01:09:29 UTC
Views: 3
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