# CVE-2026-71094: Privilege escalation in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

> A low-privileged attacker with local access can escalate privileges to take over Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition via Presentation Services.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vhc9-h6m2-vrj3

## What is CVE-2026-71094?

CVE-2026-71094 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence, published on 18 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics (component: Presentation Services).   The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition executes to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.  Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-71094?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Business Intelligence.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-71094?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-71094 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-71094 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-71094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Business Intelligence

- [CVE-2020-14864](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14864/): Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Path Transversal (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-2456](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-2456/): Auth bypass in Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-2950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2950/): Auth bypass in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-71055](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71055/): Auth bypass in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-60671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60671/): Missing authorization in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-71094 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-71094 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence, published on 18 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-71094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Business Intelligence. 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-2026-71094/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71094/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71094
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71094
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-71094

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