Oracle Business Intelligence: Missing authentication in BI Foundation
Summary
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4.0 contains a flaw in the BI Foundation component that lacks authentication for a critical function (CWE-306). A remote, unauthenticated attacker with HTTP access to the server can compromise the product, which Oracle describes as a possible takeover of the system. Exploitation is rated as difficult (high attack complexity), and CVSS 3.1 scores it 8.1.
Affected
- Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4.0
Fixed in
Unknown. The fix should be in Oracle's October 2026 Critical Patch Update. Check the Oracle advisory and the Patch Availability Document for the patch number.
Workaround
None found in the sources reviewed.
Exploitation
- No known exploitation in the wild.
- Not listed in the CISA KEV catalogue.
- CISA SSVC: exploitation none, automatable no, technical impact total.
- No public proof of concept found.
- Reported by Positive Technologies (PT-2026-120051).
Our recommendation
- Check whether any Oracle BI 12.2.1.4.0 installation, including the Analytics Server component, exists in your environment.
- Check whether the BI web interface is reachable from the internet. If it is, restrict access until the patch is applied.
- Apply the October 2026 Oracle patch for 12.2.1.4.0 and verify the patch level.
- Monitor Oracle updates and CISA KEV additions.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory October 2026 www.oracle.com
- OpenCVE: CVE-2026-91546 app.opencve.io
- Vulners: CVE-2026-91546 vulners.com
- Strix: CVE-2026-91546 www.strix.ai
- Oracle Business Intelligence 12.2.1.4 Downloads www.oracle.com
- Vulners: CVE-2026-91549 (same CPU batch) 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 1 Nov 2026, 18:13.
Original description (NVD)
Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics (component: BI Foundation). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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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