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CVE-2016-8306 Oracle CVE debrief

CVE-2016-8306 affects Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing (Core) and was published by NVD on 2017-01-27. Oracle’s advisory and the NVD entry describe an easily exploitable issue reachable over HTTP by a low-privileged attacker. Successful exploitation can allow unauthorized read access to some accessible data and unauthorized insert, update, or delete access to some accessible data. The NVD record assigns CVSS v3.0 5.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Vendor
Oracle
Product
Flexcube Investor Servicing
CVSS
MEDIUM 5.4
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

Organizations running Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing versions 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.4, 12.1.0, or 12.3.0, especially teams responsible for financial applications, application security, and patch management.

Technical summary

NVD lists the affected product as Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing Core and identifies vulnerable versions 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.4, 12.1.0, and 12.3.0. The weakness is network reachable over HTTP and requires low privileges, with no user interaction. NVD records CVSS v3.0 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N and associates the issue with CWE-254. The described impact is limited confidentiality and integrity compromise of some accessible data; no availability impact is listed.

Defensive priority

Medium. The issue is not rated critical, but it is remotely reachable, requires only low privileges, and can expose or alter business data in a financial-services system.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Confirm whether Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing is deployed and whether any affected versions are in use.
  • Review and apply the Oracle January 2017 CPU advisory referenced by NVD for remediation guidance and patches.
  • Restrict network access to the application where possible and ensure only trusted users can reach administrative or sensitive functions.
  • Enforce least privilege for application accounts and monitor for unexpected data reads or changes.
  • Validate that compensating controls, logging, and alerting are in place for unauthorized access to sensitive records.

Evidence notes

Primary evidence comes from the NVD CVE record and the Oracle CPU January 2017 reference listed in the NVD references. The CVE was published on 2017-01-27 and later modified on 2026-05-13 in the supplied record. All impact, version, and vector details are taken from the provided NVD metadata: affected versions 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.4, 12.1.0, and 12.3.0; CVSS v3.0 5.4; vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N; and CWE-254.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2016-8306 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8306

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2016-8306 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8306

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.