CVE-2026-70838 Privilege escalation in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management

Medium 6.1 Published 18 Aug 2026 Updated 24 Aug 2026

A low-privileged attacker with local access can escalate privileges to read and modify critical data in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2026-70838?

CVE-2026-70838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, published on 18 Aug 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 Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Hyperion Financial Management executes to compromise Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Hyperion Financial Management accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-70838?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Hyperion Financial Management.

How do I fix CVE-2026-70838?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-70838 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-70838 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70838 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Hyperion Financial Management vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q2pc-964p-wrhf.