Oracle Payroll up to 12.2.15 Internal Operations missing authentication
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle Payroll up to 12.2.15. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Internal Operations. The manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-46826. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Oracle Payroll up to 12.2.15. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Internal Operations. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTPS to compromise Oracle Payroll. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Payroll. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-46826 since 05/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/21/2026).
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Product
Vendor
Name
Version
- 12.2.0
- 12.2.1
- 12.2.2
- 12.2.3
- 12.2.4
- 12.2.5
- 12.2.6
- 12.2.7
- 12.2.8
- 12.2.9
- 12.2.10
- 12.2.11
- 12.2.12
- 12.2.13
- 12.2.14
- 12.2.15
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.oracle.com
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploiting
Class: Missing authenticationCWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
05/18/2026 CVE reserved05/28/2026 Advisory disclosed
05/28/2026 VulDB entry created
07/21/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: oracle.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-46826 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-46826
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-366911
Entry
Created: 05/28/2026 23:00Updated: 07/21/2026 21:10
Changes: 05/28/2026 23:00 (61), 06/07/2026 03:56 (2), 07/21/2026 21:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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