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CVE-2026-91663: Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via T3, IIOP to compromise Oracle Essbase. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Essbase, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Essbase. in Oracle Corporation Oracle Essbase

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-91663cvecve-2026-91663
Published: 10/20/2026 (10/20/2026, 21:26:55 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Oracle Corporation
Product: Oracle Essbase

Description

CVE-2026-91663 is a critical vulnerability in Oracle Essbase version 21.8.3.0.0 that allows a low privileged attacker with network access via T3 or IIOP protocols to compromise the product. Successful exploitation can lead to full takeover of Oracle Essbase, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.9. Oracle has released patches addressing this and many other vulnerabilities in its October 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory.

CVSS v3.1

Score 9.9critical

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

Affected software

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Essbase

Affected versions
=21.8.3.0.0

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 10/21/2026, 02:34:11 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability affects the Security component of Oracle Essbase version 21.8.3.0.0. It is easily exploitable by an attacker with low privileges and network access via T3 or IIOP protocols. Exploitation can result in complete compromise of Oracle Essbase, with a scope change potentially affecting additional Oracle products. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, scope change, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Oracle has included a fix for this vulnerability in its October 2026 Critical Patch Update.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2026-91663 allows an attacker to take over Oracle Essbase, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. The vulnerability's scope change means that additional Oracle products may also be impacted indirectly. The CVSS score of 9.9 reflects the critical severity and potential for significant operational disruption.

Mitigation Recommendations

Oracle has released an official fix for this vulnerability as part of the October 2026 Critical Patch Update. Users of Oracle Essbase version 21.8.3.0.0 should apply the provided security patches promptly to remediate this vulnerability. Oracle strongly recommends remaining on actively supported versions and applying security patches without delay to prevent exploitation.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
oracle
Date Reserved
2026-09-14T22:10:16.651Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html","vendor":"Oracle"}]

Threat ID: 6ad7df6c2cdf04f65664248c

Added to database: 10/20/2026, 21:38:52 UTC

Last enriched: 10/21/2026, 02:34:11 UTC

Last updated: 10/21/2026, 02:34:11 UTC

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