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CVE-2016-8282 Oracle CVE debrief

CVE-2016-8282 is a medium-severity Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking issue affecting the Product / Instrument Search component. According to the official description, an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP can compromise affected deployments, but successful attacks require human interaction by someone other than the attacker. Oracle states the issue can lead to unauthorized read access to some data and unauthorized update, insert, or delete access to some data, with possible impact to additional products.

Vendor
Oracle
Product
CVE-2016-8282
CVSS
MEDIUM 6.1
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2017-01-27
Original CVE updated
2026-05-13
Advisory published
2017-01-27
Advisory updated
2026-05-13

Who should care

Security teams and application owners running Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking 2.0.1, 2.2.0, or 12.0.1; identity and access management teams; and operations teams responsible for internet- or intranet-facing Oracle financial application environments.

Technical summary

NVD classifies the flaw as CWE-284 (improper access control) and lists a CVSS v3.0 vector of AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, which aligns with the source description of an unauthenticated HTTP-accessible issue that still depends on human interaction. The vulnerable CPEs named by NVD are Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking 2.0.1, 2.2.0, and 12.0.1. Oracle’s January 2017 critical patch update is referenced in the official record as the vendor advisory.

Defensive priority

Medium

Recommended defensive actions

  • Verify whether Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking 2.0.1, 2.2.0, or 12.0.1 is deployed anywhere in your environment.
  • Review Oracle's January 2017 CPU advisory referenced by NVD and apply the vendor-supplied remediation path for affected systems.
  • Limit network exposure to the application, especially HTTP access, until remediation is confirmed.
  • Audit authentication and access-control behavior around Product / Instrument Search workflows for unexpected data access or modification.
  • Monitor logs for unusual user-driven interactions involving this component and investigate any suspicious data read or write activity.
  • Treat adjacent Oracle financial application products as potentially impacted and validate whether they share exposure paths or integrations.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based on the official NVD entry for CVE-2016-8282 and the Oracle January 2017 CPU advisory referenced therein. The NVD record identifies the affected Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking versions (2.0.1, 2.2.0, 12.0.1), classifies the weakness as CWE-284, and publishes CVSS v3.0 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The source description also states the attack requires human interaction and may impact additional products.

Official resources

Publicly disclosed via the official CVE/NVD record on 2017-01-27; vendor advisory reference points to Oracle's January 2017 CPU.