# CVE-2026-70721: Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management authentication bypass in Deployment

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-70721-oracle-hyperion-profitability-and-cost-management-authentication  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-08-18. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-70721 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.6 · Published 2026-08-18

Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management is a financial planning and analysis tool used to manage organizational profitability and cost data. An unauthenticated attacker can bypass security controls over the network and access sensitive financial and cost management data without proper authorization, potentially exposing complete datasets and impacting related systems.

Technologies: [Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/hyperion-profitability-and-cost-management), [Oracle Hyperion Profitability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/hyperion-profitability). Vendors: [Oracle](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/oracle).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-70721 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-70721 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-70721?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.6, published 18 August 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management 11.2.25.0.000.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-70721?** 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-2026-70721 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-70721?** Check whether you run Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management or Oracle Hyperion Profitability 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

This vulnerability is an authentication bypass or access control flaw in the Deployment component of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management version 11.2.25.0.000. The vulnerability is easily exploitable via HTTP from the network without requiring authentication, user interaction, or special privileges. An attacker can achieve unauthorized access to critical and sensitive data; the scope is marked as changed, indicating potential impact to additional systems beyond the primary vulnerable product. Oracle has released security updates as part of their August 2026 CPU advisory; patching to supported versions is the recommended mitigation.

## Affected products

- Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management 11.2.25.0.000

## Timeline

- 2026-08-18: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html)

## Related threats

- [Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management data manipulation vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-70738-oracle-hyperion-profitability-and-cost-management-data)
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- [Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management privilege escalation in Deployment](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-70735-oracle-hyperion-profitability-and-cost-management-privilege)
- [Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management authorization bypass in Deployment](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-70733-oracle-hyperion-profitability-and-cost-management-authorization)
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