cve-2026-73921

CRITICAL CVSS 9.8 nvd
Description

Vulnerability in the Helidon product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Imperative Web Server). Supported versions that are affected are 1.0.0-1.4.19. 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
Last Modified
2026-08-28
CVSS Details
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
Affected Products
  • oracle helidon
Weaknesses (CWE)
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 3.9 5.9 secalert_us@oracle.com
CPE configurations
OR
CPE Version range Vulnerable
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:helidon:1.4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yes
NVD metadata
NVD status
Modified
Source identifier
secalert_us@oracle.com
References
Linked Vulnerabilities

No linked vulnerabilities found.

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