Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2026 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2026-71160

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in Helidon from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability in the Helidon product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Imperative Web Server). Supported versions that are affected are 1.0.0-1.4.18 and 3.0.0-3.2.17. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged 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 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	Helidon	1.0.0 – through 1.4.183.0.0 – through 3.2.17

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Oracle Advisory vendor-advisory