# CVE-2026-87240: Oracle Hyperion Financial Management privilege escalation in Security component

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-87240-oracle-hyperion-financial-management-privilege-escalation-in  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-15. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-87240 · Severity: high · CVSS 7 · Published 2026-09-15

Oracle Hyperion Financial Management is a financial planning and consolidation system used by organizations to manage budgets and accounting processes. A privilege escalation vulnerability in the security component allows a low-privileged user with local access to take full control of the application, compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of financial data.

Technologies: [Oracle Hyperion Financial Management](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/hyperion-financial-management). Vendors: [Oracle](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/oracle).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-87240 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87240 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-87240?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7, published 15 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87240?** 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-2026-87240 attacked?** It is attacked with local access, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-87240?** Check whether you run Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 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 a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Security component of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management version 11.2.26.0.000. The vulnerability requires local access to the infrastructure where the application runs and low-level privileges, but exploitation is difficult due to high complexity (AC:H). Successful exploitation allows an attacker to achieve complete compromise of the Hyperion Financial Management system with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch availability information is currently confirmed.

## Affected products

- Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11.2.26.0.000

## Timeline

- 2026-09-15: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html)

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