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CVE-2026-83280: Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP/2 to compromise Helidon. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Helidon. in Oracle Corporation Helidon

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-83280cvecve-2026-83280
Published: 09/15/2026 (09/15/2026, 20:04:44 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Oracle Corporation
Product: Helidon

Description

Vulnerability in the Helidon product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: helidon-webserver-http2). Supported versions that are affected are 4.0.0-4.5.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP/2 to compromise Helidon. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Helidon. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS v3.1

Score 7.5high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

Oracle Corporation

Helidon

Affected versions
>=4.0.0 <=4.5.4

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 09/15/2026, 22:58:37 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability affects the helidon-webserver-http2 component of Oracle Helidon, versions 4.0.0 to 4.5.4. An unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP/2 can exploit this flaw to cause the Helidon server to hang or crash repeatedly, resulting in a complete denial of service. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting a high impact on availability with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. Oracle has included a fix for this vulnerability in their September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update, which covers Helidon versions 3.0.0-3.2.20 and 4.0.0-4.5.4.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation results in an unauthorized denial of service condition by causing the Helidon server to hang or crash repeatedly. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication via HTTP/2 network access.

Mitigation Recommendations

Oracle has released patches for this vulnerability in the September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update covering affected Helidon versions 4.0.0 through 4.5.4. Users should apply these official patches promptly to remediate the issue. Oracle strongly recommends remaining on actively supported versions and applying security patches without delay. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified in the advisory.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
oracle
Date Reserved
2026-08-31T15:40:57.350Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html","vendor":"Oracle"}]

Threat ID: 6aa9a83855bf5e2cf5538133

Added to database: 09/15/2026, 20:19:04 UTC

Last enriched: 09/15/2026, 22:58:37 UTC

Last updated: 09/16/2026, 03:03:35 UTC

Views: 2

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