# CVE-2021-2433: Denial of service in Hyperion Analytic Provider Services

> Unauthenticated attackers can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle Essbase Analytic Provider Services via HTTP requests.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jul 2021
- **Updated:** 25 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-82mp-h9m2-5qx2

## What is CVE-2021-2433?

CVE-2021-2433 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hyperion Analytic Provider Services, published on 20 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Essbase Analytic Provider Services product of Oracle Essbase (component: Web Services). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.2.4 and 21.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Essbase Analytic Provider Services. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Essbase Analytic Provider Services. 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).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-2433?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Essbase Analytic Provider Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-2433?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-2433 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-2433 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Hyperion Analytic Provider Services

- [CVE-2021-2244](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2244/): Other in Hyperion Analytic Provider Services (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2021-2435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2435/): Missing authorization in Hyperion Analytic Provider Services (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-2433 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-2433 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hyperion Analytic Provider Services, published on 20 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Hyperion Analytic Provider Services. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2433/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2433/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-2433
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2433
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-2433

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