Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Payroll product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Payroll executes to compromise Oracle Payroll. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Payroll. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: Application Compromise
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The flaw resides in the Oracle Payroll component of Oracle E-Business Suite and permits a low privileged attacker who can log onto the infrastructure where the application runs to compromise the Payroll system. When successfully exploited, the attacker can take over Oracle Payroll, leading to loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of payroll data. This local privilege escalation can develop into full control of the application.

Affected Systems

Oracle Payroll, part of Oracle E-Business Suite, versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 are affected. No other Oracle products or components are listed as impacted.

Risk and Exploitability

With a CVSS base score of 7.0, the vulnerability carries moderate severity but high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attack vector is local with low privileges and requires no user interaction, making it exploitable by an attacker who has already accessed the underlying infrastructure. The EPSS score is not available and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, indicating no known public exploitation but a high potential impact if exploited.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 21, 2026 at 00:09 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the latest Oracle security patch for Oracle Payroll 12.2.3-12.2.15.
  • Restrict local user privileges on servers running Oracle Payroll, enforcing the principle of least privilege.
  • Perform vulnerability scanning and penetration testing targeting privilege management in the payroll environment.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 21, 2026 at 00:09 UTC.

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History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle Payroll Enables Application Takeover
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-284

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vulnerability in the Oracle Payroll product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Payroll executes to compromise Oracle Payroll. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Payroll. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle payroll
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:payroll:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle payroll
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T21:21:28.373Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T15:40:09.490Z

Link: CVE-2026-101544

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T22:18:03.963

Modified: 2026-10-20T22:18:03.963

Link: CVE-2026-101544

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T00:15:14Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-269

    Improper Privilege Management

  • CWE-284

    Improper Access Control