cve-2026-73905

CRITICAL CVSS 9.8 opencve
Description

Vulnerability in the Helidon product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Imperative Web Server). Supported versions that are affected are 4.0.0-4.4.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Helidon. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Helidon. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Timeline
Published
2026-08-18 21:18 UTC
Last Modified
2026-08-28
CVSS Details

CVSS details not available.

Affected Products

No product information available.

Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-284 CWE-287
CVSS metrics
Version Base Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Source
3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H mitre
3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H nvd
3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H opencve
References

No references available.

Linked Vulnerabilities

No linked vulnerabilities found.

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