Summary
CVE-2026-61302 is a vulnerability in the Pod Admin component of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition that allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to gain unauthorized access to critical data and cause a partial denial of service. Oracle rates the flaw as "easily exploitable," and it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.2 (High).
Technical details
- Root cause: a flaw in the Pod Admin component of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
- Trigger conditions: no authentication or privileges are required, and no user interaction is needed.
- Attack vector: network access via HTTP.
- Impact: successful exploitation can result in unauthorized access to critical data — potentially complete access to all data accessible to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition — combined with a partial availability impact (denial of service).
Affected software
- Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 8.2.0.0.0
- Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 26.01.0.0.0
Severity
- CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 8.2 (High)
- Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update fixes for CVE-2026-61302 published in Oracle’s August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update Advisory (cspuaug2026) for the affected Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition versions.
- If no patch: Where patching cannot be applied immediately, restrict network access to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition interfaces (including the Pod Admin component) from untrusted networks, and monitor for anomalous unauthenticated HTTP requests to these systems until the update is applied.

