# CVE-2026-70736: Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management privilege escalation in Deployment

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-70736-oracle-hyperion-profitability-and-cost-management-privilege  
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-2026-70736 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.1 · Published 2026-08-18

Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management is a financial planning and analysis platform used by enterprises to track profitability metrics across business units. A privilege escalation vulnerability in the Deployment component allows an authenticated attacker with low-level access to read sensitive financial data and modify records without authorization, potentially compromising the integrity of financial reporting and analysis.

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-2026-70736 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-70736 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-70736?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.1, 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-2026-70736?** 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-2026-70736 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-70736?** 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 is an authorization bypass or privilege escalation vulnerability in the Deployment component of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management (version 11.2.25.0.000). The vulnerability is easily exploitable and requires only network access via HTTP and a low-privileged user account (no admin access needed). An authenticated attacker can leverage this flaw to access confidential financial data across the entire system and perform unauthorized modifications (insert, update, or delete operations) to certain data records. The attack does not require user interaction and the fix/patch status is unknown based on available information.

## 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)

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