CVE-2026-87398: Oracle Outside In Technology denial of service

CVE-2026-87398 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2026-10-20

Oracle Outside In Technology, a component used in Oracle Fusion Middleware to handle document conversion and data extraction, is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack via HTTP. An unauthenticated attacker on the network can crash or hang the service repeatedly, disrupting availability without requiring any special access or user interaction. This can render the application unavailable to legitimate users.

Technologies: Oracle Outside In Technology. Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-87398 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87398 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-87398?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 20 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87398?
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-2026-87398 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-87398?
Check whether you run Oracle Outside In Technology 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 denial-of-service vulnerability in Oracle Outside In Core (version 8.5.8) allows unauthenticated attackers to crash or hang the service through a low-complexity HTTP request with no special privileges required. The vulnerability is network-accessible and requires no user interaction or authentication, making it easily exploitable. A successful attack results in complete availability loss (DoS).

Affected products

  • Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.8

Timeline

  • 2026-10-20: disclosed

References

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