CVE-2026-101586: Oracle Helidon information disclosure in helidon-webclient

CVE-2026-101586 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.3 · Published 2026-10-20

Helidon is a lightweight Java framework used to build web services and microservices. An unauthenticated attacker on the network can exploit a vulnerability in the helidon-webclient component to read sensitive data that the application can access. This could expose confidential information without requiring any special authentication or user interaction.

Technologies: Oracle Helidon. Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-101586 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-101586 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-101586?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 20 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Oracle Helidon 4.0.0-4.5.5, 27.0.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-101586?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-101586 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-101586?
Check whether you run Oracle Helidon at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

A network-accessible information disclosure vulnerability exists in the helidon-webclient component of Oracle Helidon affecting versions 4.0.0 through 4.5.5 and 27.0.0. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers with network access via HTTP to read a subset of Helidon-accessible data, with no user interaction or special privileges required. The issue has been patched in newer versions.

Affected products

  • Oracle Helidon 4.0.0-4.5.5, 27.0.0

Timeline

  • 2026-10-20: disclosed

References

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