CVE-2026-73877: Medium severity Oracle Helidon vulnerability

Published Aug 18, 2026
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Updated

Vulnerability in the Helidon product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Imperative Web Server). Supported versions that are affected are 3.0.0-3.2.17. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Helidon. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Helidon accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Affected Software

2 affected components
Oracle Helidon=3.2.18
Oracle Helidon=3.2.18

Event History

Aug 18, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:03 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:03 PM
DescriptionSeverity
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:18 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Which deployments are exposed to this issue?

Oracle Helidon deployments using the Imperative Web Server component on supported version 3.2.18 are affected. Exposure requires that an attacker can reach the server over HTTP.

2

Does exploitation require authentication or user interaction?

No. The vulnerability is described as easily exploitable by an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP, and it does not require user interaction.

3

What is the likely impact if exploitation succeeds?

Successful exploitation can provide unauthorized read access to a subset of data accessible to Helidon. The stated impact is limited to confidentiality; no integrity or availability impact is listed.

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