Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (August 2026 CSPU)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 338749

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The 8.2.0.0.0 and 26.01.0.0.0 versions of Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the August 2026 CSPU advisory.

- Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Web Service API).
Supported versions that are affected are 8.2.0.0.0 and 26.1.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via SOAP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. While the vulnerability is in Oracle BI Publisher, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle BI Publisher.
(CVE-2026-71059)

- Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Web Service API).
Supported versions that are affected are 8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 26.01.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle BI Publisher.
(CVE-2026-71058)

- Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: BI Platform Security).
Supported versions that are affected are 8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 26.01.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle BI Publisher accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle BI Publisher accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle BI Publisher. (CVE-2026-61305)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the August 2026 Oracle Critical Security Patch Update advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 338749

File Name: oracle_bi_publisher_cpu_aug_2026.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/21/2026

Updated: 8/21/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.76

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-71059

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-71059

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:business_intelligence_publisher, cpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-61305, CVE-2026-71057, CVE-2026-71058, CVE-2026-71059

Detections

Analytics