CVE-2026-70738 Oracle Corporation CVE debrief

Who should care

Security teams responsible for Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, IT administrators, and personnel with access to Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management should review and apply Oracle's security patches, restrict network access, and monitor for suspicious activity. Additionally, security teams should verify the affected product deployments, review official advisories, and plan vendor-supported updates or mitigations.

Technical summary

Vulnerability in Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, allowing low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, with potential for unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management accessible data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.1 and is considered high severity.

Defensive priority

High priority due to high CVSS score of 8.1 and potential for unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data.

Recommended defensive actions

• Review and apply Oracle's security patches for Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management
• Restrict network access to Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management to only necessary personnel
• Monitor Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management for suspicious activity
• Verify and enforce strong authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented

Evidence notes

Evidence from official sources indicates a vulnerability in Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, with a CVSS score of 8.1 and potential for high impact on confidentiality and integrity. The CVE record was published on 2026-08-18T21:17:26.553Z and has not been modified since then. Security teams should verify the affected product deployments, review official advisories, and plan vendor-supported updates or mitigations.

Official resources