Oracle Payroll up to 12.2.15 Internal Operations improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Payroll up to 12.2.15 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Internal Operations. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-46828. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Payroll up to 12.2.15 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Internal Operations. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 HTTP to compromise Oracle Payroll. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Payroll accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Payroll accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-46828 since 05/18/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/21/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

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Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• Payroll

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

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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