Oracle Business Process Management Suite: Authorization flaw in Human Workflow
Summary
Oracle Business Process Management (BPM) Suite versions 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0 contain a flaw in the Human Workflow component that is reachable via SOAP. An attacker with a low-privileged account and network access can take over the product without user interaction. Because of a scope change, the attack may also significantly affect other products. NVD analysis is still pending, and the CVSS base score is 9.9 (critical).
Affected
- Oracle Business Process Management Suite 12.2.1.4.0
- Oracle Business Process Management Suite 14.1.2.0.0
- Component: Human Workflow (11g+)
Fixed in
Unknown. The fix is expected in the October 2026 Critical Patch Update; the patch ID has not been confirmed.
Workaround
- No workaround is provided in the CVE record or by Oracle.
- Third-party guidance (not Oracle): restrict SOAP access to trusted networks, enforce authentication and authorization on SOAP operations, disable unneeded services and monitor SOAP logs, as a temporary measure until the patch is applied.
Exploitation
- No known exploitation (not listed in CISA KEV).
- No public proof of concept found.
- CISA SSVC: Exploitation none, Automatable no, Technical Impact total.
Our recommendation
- Check whether Oracle BPM Suite 12.2.1.4.0 or 14.1.2.0.0 is in use, including at clients.
- Apply the October 2026 Critical Patch Update per Oracle's advisory once the patch ID is confirmed.
- Until patched, limit SOAP and remoting endpoints to trusted networks and review low-privileged accounts.
- Monitor Oracle, NVD and CISA KEV for updates, as the CVE is still under analysis.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2026 www.oracle.com
- OpenCVE: CVE-2026-91222 app.opencve.io
- VulnERS NVD record CVE-2026-91222 vulners.com
- Brandefense: Oracle October 2026 Critical Patch Update brandefense.io
- Oracle Business Process Management Suite product search vulners.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 30 Oct 2026, 15:06.
Original description (NVD)
Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Process Management Suite product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Human Workflow (11g+)). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via SOAP to compromise Oracle Business Process Management Suite. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Business Process Management Suite, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Business Process Management Suite. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.9 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
NVD references (1)
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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