CVE-2026-62508 in Time and Labor
Summary
by MITRE • 07/22/2026
Vulnerability in the Oracle Time and Labor 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 network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Time and Labor. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Time and Labor. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.1 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 07/22/2026
This vulnerability resides within Oracle Time and Labor, a component of the Oracle E-Business Suite that manages workforce time tracking and labor management processes. The affected versions span from 12.2.3 through 12.2.15, indicating a substantial release range where organizations operating these systems face potential exposure. The vulnerability is classified as difficult to exploit, suggesting that while it requires some skill or specific conditions to leverage, the attack surface remains accessible to determined threat actors. The low privilege requirement means that even users with minimal system permissions could potentially execute malicious activities against this component.
The technical flaw manifests through the Internal Operations component of Oracle Time and Labor, which typically handles internal processing functions for time and labor data management. This vulnerability specifically allows an attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise the targeted system, indicating that the issue likely involves improper input validation or insufficient access controls within the web-facing interfaces. The CVSS 3.1 scoring of 3.1 reflects a low severity impact primarily focused on availability rather than confidentiality or integrity, with the vector showing network accessibility (AV:N), high attack complexity (AC:H), low privilege requirement (PR:L), and no user interaction needed (UI:N).
From an operational impact perspective, successful exploitation results in partial denial of service conditions that can disrupt normal business operations within Oracle Time and Labor functionality. This partial DOS capability means that while the system may not completely crash or become inaccessible, certain time tracking processes, labor data entry, or reporting functions could be impaired, affecting workforce management capabilities. Organizations relying on accurate time and labor data for payroll processing, project costing, and compliance reporting would experience operational disruptions that could cascade into broader business impacts.
The vulnerability aligns with CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) and potentially CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) categories, reflecting typical weaknesses in web application security where insufficient validation allows malicious input to affect system behavior. From an ATT&CK framework perspective, this vulnerability maps to T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) and T1499.004 (Endpoint Denial of Service) techniques, indicating that threat actors could leverage publicly accessible web interfaces to gain access and then perform denial of service operations against the time and labor management system.
Organizations should implement immediate mitigations including applying the relevant Oracle security patches released through their quarterly database security updates or interim releases. Network segmentation and firewall rules should be reviewed to limit unnecessary HTTP access to Oracle Time and Labor components where possible, particularly restricting access to only trusted network segments. Additionally, implementing web application firewalls and monitoring for unusual patterns of HTTP requests targeting the time and labor interfaces can help detect exploitation attempts before they succeed in causing service disruption. Regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing should be conducted to identify similar weaknesses in other Oracle E-Business Suite components that might present comparable risk profiles.