# CVE-2026-70740: Auth bypass in Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting

> Unauthenticated attackers can compromise Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting via HTTP, leading to full system takeover.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 18 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4c6c-pcmm-v96x

## What is CVE-2026-70740?

CVE-2026-70740 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting, published on 18 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Server).   The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-70740?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-70740?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-70740 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-70740 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70740 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting

- [CVE-2026-70739](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70739/): Auth bypass in Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-70745](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70745/): Auth bypass in Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-3493](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3493/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-70741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70741/): Missing authorization in Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-70742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70742/): Auth bypass in Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-70740 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-70740 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting, published on 18 Aug 2026. 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-2026-70740 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting. 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-2026-70740/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70740/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-70740
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70740
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70740

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