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CVE-2016-8314 Oracle CVE debrief

CVE-2016-8314 is a low-severity Oracle FLEXCUBE Core Banking vulnerability that can let a low-privileged attacker with network access over HTTP read a subset of accessible data. The supplied NVD record lists affected versions 5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 11.5.0, and rates the issue CVSS v3.0 3.1 with confidentiality impact only.

Vendor
Oracle
Product
Flexcube Core Banking
CVSS
LOW 3.1
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

Administrators, application owners, and security teams running Oracle FLEXCUBE Core Banking 5.1.0, 5.2.0, or 11.5.0, especially if the service is reachable over HTTP or broader network access.

Technical summary

NVD describes this as a network-accessible Oracle FLEXCUBE Core Banking issue requiring low privileges and no user interaction. Successful exploitation can expose a subset of accessible data, with no integrity or availability impact reported. The supplied record assigns CVSS v3.0 vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N and maps the weakness to CWE-254.

Defensive priority

Low, but prioritize remediation for any affected FLEXCUBE deployment that is reachable over the network.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Check whether Oracle FLEXCUBE Core Banking 5.1.0, 5.2.0, or 11.5.0 is deployed in your environment.
  • Review Oracle's January 2017 Critical Patch Update advisory referenced in the supplied NVD record for remediation guidance.
  • Apply the vendor-recommended patch or mitigation for affected versions as soon as operationally feasible.
  • Restrict HTTP and other network access to the application to only trusted administrative and business sources.
  • Review access logs for unusual reads against FLEXCUBE data exposed to this service.

Evidence notes

The supplied NVD record for CVE-2016-8314 identifies Oracle FLEXCUBE Core Banking as the affected product, lists versions 5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 11.5.0 as vulnerable, and provides CVSS v3.0 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N (3.1). The reference set includes Oracle's January 2017 CPU advisory plus SecurityFocus and SecurityTracker entries. No KEV entry is present in the supplied corpus.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2016-8314 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8314

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

  • CVE-2016-8314 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8314

    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.