{"id":"CVE-2026-101544","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-101544"],"related":[],"title":"Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll: local low-privilege user can take over module","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).","summary":"Oracle Payroll in E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 has a flaw in its Internal Operations component. An attacker with a low-privilege logon to the infrastructure where Payroll runs can take over the Payroll product, per the CVSS vector (high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact).","severity":"high","cvss":7.0,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["oracle-ebs","package","payroll","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["payroll-not-installed","unsupported-version-outside-range"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed Oracle E-Business Suite release and Payroll version against the 12.2.3 to 12.2.15 range in the advisory.\n- Review which accounts have logon access to the application and database hosts.","fix":"- Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update fix for Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll (the sources do not name the patch number).","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-20T22:18:03+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:22+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T03:38:18+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T03:38:18+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T03:38:18Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update fix for Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll (the sources do not name the patch number).","reach":"local","title":"Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll: local low-privilege user can take over module","impact":"high","summary":"Oracle Payroll in E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 has a flaw in its Internal Operations component. An attacker with a low-privilege logon to the infrastructure where Payroll runs can take over the Payroll product, per the CVSS vector (high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact).","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["oracle-ebs","payroll","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.6,"needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Attacker takes over the Oracle Payroll product, affecting confidentiality, integrity and availability","analyst_note":"Check Oracle's Critical Patch Update advisory for the patch and any workaround; the sources give only the NVD description.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed Oracle E-Business Suite release and Payroll version against the 12.2.3 to 12.2.15 range in the advisory.\n- Review which accounts have logon access to the application and database hosts.","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["unsupported-version-outside-range","payroll-not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Organizations running Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll in the affected 12.2.3 to 12.2.15 range. The attacker needs a logon on the infrastructure where Payroll executes, and the sources describe the attack as difficult to exploit. Teams on a newer supported release, or without Payroll installed, can skip it.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000661,"input_tokens":3460,"output_tokens":629,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-101544':18A,21A '-2026':17A,20A '/av':149C '12.2.15':40B,101C '12.2.3':38B,100C '3.1':136C,148C '7.0':139C 'affect':98C 'allow':106C 'attack':50B,109C,124C 'avail':77B,143C 'base':137C 'busi':4A,35B,89C 'compon':48B,91C 'compromis':120C 'confidenti':74B,140C 'cve':16A,19A 'cvss':71B,135C,145C,147C 'difficult':102C 'e':3A,34B,88C 'e-busi':2A,33B,87C 'eb':24B 'execut':118C 'exploit':104C 'flaw':43B 'h':157C 'h/a':156C 'h/i':155C 'h/pr':151C 'high':73B 'host':29B 'impact':78B,144C 'infrastructur':59B,114C 'integr':75B,141C 'intern':46B,92C 'l/ac':150C 'l/ui':152C 'local':7A 'logon':56B,111C 'low':9A,54B,107C 'low-privileg':8A,53B 'modul':15A 'n/s':153C 'oper':47B,93C 'oracl':1A,23B,30B,82C,86C,116C,121C,133C 'oracle-eb':22B 'packag':25B 'payrol':6A,26B,31B,61B,67B,83C,117C,122C,134C 'per':69B 'privileg':10A,55B,108C 'product':68B,84C 'result':129C 'run':62B 'score':138C 'self':28B 'self-host':27B 'success':123C 'suit':5A,36B,90C 'support':94C 'take':13A,64B 'takeov':131C 'u/c':154C 'user':11A 'vector':72B,146C 'version':37B,95C 'vulner':79C,105C,127C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Organizations running Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll in the affected 12.2.3 to 12.2.15 range. The attacker needs a logon on the infrastructure where Payroll executes, and the sources describe the attack as difficult to exploit. Teams on a newer supported release, or without Payroll installed, can skip it.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-20T22:18:03+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"secalert_us@oracle.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-101544","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101544","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-20T22:18:03+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-21T14:29:49+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:22+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:28:58+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}