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title: "CVE-2026-83268: Oracle BI Publisher - Authentication Bypass"
description: "Oracle BI Publisher 8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0, and 26.01.0.0.0 contain a critical vulnerability in BI Platform Security, letting high privileged attackers with network access via HTTP take over the system, exploit requires high privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-83268/
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# CVE-2026-83268 Oracle BI Publisher - Authentication Bypass

Oracle BI Publisher 8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0, and 26.01.0.0.0 contain a critical vulnerability in BI Platform Security, letting high privileged attackers with network access via HTTP take over the system, exploit requires high privileges.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.46% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83268)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Remote Code Execution, Privilege Escalation, Information Disclosure, Data Tampering, Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

15 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest available version of Oracle BI Publisher.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83268](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83268)
- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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