CVE-2026-101590: oracle corporation helidon Improper Authentication

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-101590 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Improper Authentication vulnerability in oracle corporation helidon. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 20-10-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 21-10-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerability in the Helidon product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: helidon-microprofile-security). Supported versions that are affected are 4.0.0-4.5.5. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Helidon. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Helidon accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Helidon accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationWhen an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
• CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionThe product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.