# CVE-2026-21953: Missing authorization in Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service

> A low-privileged attacker with local access can read unauthorized data in Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service.

- **Severity:** Low 3.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-whr8-w9qr-c6m2

## What is CVE-2026-21953?

CVE-2026-21953 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service, published on 21 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service product of Oracle Retail Applications (component: Xstore Mobile).   The supported version that is affected is 21.0.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service executes to compromise Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.3 (Confidentiality impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-21953?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-21953?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-21953 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-21953 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-21953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service

- [CVE-2017-10214](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10214/): Missing authorization in Retail Xstore Point of Service (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2018-2840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2840/): Information disclosure in Retail Xstore Point of Service (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2018-3126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3126/): Auth bypass in Retail Xstore Point of Service (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2017-10427](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10427/): Other in Retail Xstore Point of Service (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2017-10183](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10183/): Other in Retail Xstore Point of Service (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-21953 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-21953 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service, published on 21 Jul 2026. 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-2026-21953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service. 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-2026-21953/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21953/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-21953
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21953
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21953

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.