Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Services). The supported version that is affected is 11.4. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.1 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Assess Impact
AI Analysis

Impact

A vulnerability exists in the Services component of Oracle Solaris 11.4 that allows an unauthenticated attacker with local access to cause a hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. The CVE description does not specify the root cause, but the impact is availability disruption. Based on the description, it is inferred that the weakness may involve uncontrolled resource consumption, which would affect availability but not confidentiality or integrity.

Affected Systems

Affected products are Oracle Solaris version 11.4. No other versions or build numbers are listed in the advisory, and the vulnerability is not known to affect earlier releases.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS base score is 5.1, indicating moderate risk. Because the EPSS score is < 1 % and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, the likelihood of mass exploitation appears low. However, any entity that runs the affected system and permits local access can potentially trigger repeated crashes, disrupting critical services. Remote exploitation is unlikely without a local foothold.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 21, 2026 at 18:10 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Install the security update released in Oracle's October 2026 Security Advisory to patch the Services component in Solaris 11.4.
  • If the update is not yet available, apply hardening measures such as disabling or restricting access to the Services component for local users that are not required to run it.
  • Monitor Solaris logs for abnormal hang or crash events and apply any subsequent patches as they become available.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 21, 2026 at 18:10 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Denial of Service via Services Component Crash in Oracle Solaris 11.4
Weaknesses CWE-400

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Services). The supported version that is affected is 11.4. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.1 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle solaris
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:solaris:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle solaris
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T16:47:49.692Z

Reserved: 2026-09-14T22:10:16.614Z

Link: CVE-2026-91208

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-28T16:45:15.619Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-20T22:20:21.100

Modified: 2026-11-09T21:30:02.657

Link: CVE-2026-91208

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T21:00:08Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption