# CVE-2023-21961: Information disclosure in Hyperion Essbase Administration Services

> A high-privileged attacker with local access can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to critical data in Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3hg8-693h-38cx

## What is CVE-2023-21961?

CVE-2023-21961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hyperion Essbase Administration Services, published on 18 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services product of Oracle Essbase (component: EAS Administration and EAS Console).   The supported version that is affected is 21.4.3.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services executes to compromise Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services.  While the vulnerability is in Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change).  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Confidentiality impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21961?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-21961?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21961 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-21961 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21961 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Hyperion Essbase Administration Services

- [CVE-2021-2349](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2349/): Information disclosure in Hyperion Essbase Administration Services (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2021-2350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2350/): Information disclosure in Hyperion Essbase Administration Services (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-21961 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-21961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hyperion Essbase Administration Services, published on 18 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21961 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation Hyperion Essbase Administration 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-2023-21961/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21961/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21961
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21961
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21961

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