CVE-2026-91656: Oracle Essbase privilege escalation in Federated Partitions

CVE-2026-91656 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.1 · Published 2026-10-20

Oracle Essbase is a business analytics and planning platform used by enterprises to manage financial data and reporting. A vulnerability in its Federated Partitions component allows an attacker with low-level network access to compromise the system, potentially exposing sensitive financial data, modifying records, and disrupting service availability. The impact extends beyond Essbase itself to other connected systems.

Technologies: Oracle Essbase. Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-91656 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-91656 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-91656?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.1, published 20 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Oracle Essbase 21.8.3.0.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-91656?
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-2026-91656 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-91656?
Check whether you run Oracle Essbase 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 vulnerability in Oracle Essbase's Federated Partitions component allows low-privileged attackers to escalate privileges via HTTP without user interaction. Successful exploitation results in unauthorized access to critical data, data modification capabilities, and partial denial of service; the vulnerability has scope change, meaning it can affect systems beyond Essbase itself.

Affected products

  • Oracle Essbase 21.8.3.0.0

Timeline

  • 2026-10-20: disclosed

References

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