Oracle Public Sector Payroll up to 12.2.15 Internal Operations privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Public Sector Payroll up to 12.2.15. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Internal Operations. This manipulation causes privilege escalation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-46976. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Oracle Public Sector Payroll up to 12.2.15. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Internal Operations. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle Public Sector 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 high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Public Sector Payroll. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Public Sector Payroll. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-46976 since 05/18/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. 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 06/17/2026).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/18/2026 CVE reserved
06/17/2026 +30 days Advisory disclosed
06/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-46976 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-46976
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-371827

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2026 06:58
Changes: 06/17/2026 06:58 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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