# CVE-2026-83097: Missing authorization in Oracle Forms

> High-privileged attackers can modify critical data or cause denial of service in Oracle Forms via network access.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4xwx-93fg-ppxf

## What is CVE-2026-83097?

CVE-2026-83097 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Forms, published on 15 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Forms product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Forms Services, C/S, Charmode).  Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.19.0 and  14.1.2.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Forms.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Forms accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Forms. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-83097?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Forms.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-83097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-83097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-83097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-83097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Forms

- [CVE-2026-83099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83099/): Auth bypass in Oracle Forms (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-83094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83094/): Auth bypass in Oracle Forms (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-83095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83095/): Auth bypass in Oracle Forms (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-83098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83098/): Auth bypass in Oracle Forms (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-83100](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83100/): Auth bypass in Oracle Forms (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-83097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-83097 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Forms, published on 15 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-83097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Forms. 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-2026-83097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83097/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-83097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-83097

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83097/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.