{"id":"CVE-2026-101669","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-101669"],"related":[],"title":"Oracle E-Business Suite: Public Sector HR flaw exposes and alters critical data","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle Public Sector Human Resources product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Regression Testing).  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 Public Sector Human Resources.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Public Sector Human Resources accessible data as well as  unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Public Sector Human Resources accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).","summary":"A flaw in the Regression Testing component of Oracle Public Sector Human Resources, part of Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15, can be reached over HTTP by a low-privileged user on the network. A successful attack can read, create, modify or delete critical HR data.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["hr","oracle-ebs","public-sector","self-hosted","vendor"],"not_affected_if":["module-not-deployed","release-outside-range"],"how_to_check":"- Confirm the Oracle E-Business Suite release in use, for example by checking the installed `12.2` patch level in the Oracle Applications Manager or the administration console\n- Check whether the Public Sector Human Resources module is licensed and deployed\n- unknown whether the sources list a specific patch or file to inspect","fix":"- Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update fix for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x that covers Public Sector Human Resources, as listed in the Oracle advisory\n- unknown which patch number or release the sources name for the fixed version","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-20T22:18:21+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:22+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T03:44:32+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T03:44:32+00:00","category":"vendor","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T03:44:32Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update fix for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x that covers Public Sector Human Resources, as listed in the Oracle advisory\n- unknown which patch number or release the sources name for the fixed version","reach":"network","title":"Oracle E-Business Suite: Public Sector HR flaw exposes and alters critical data","impact":"high","summary":"A flaw in the Regression Testing component of Oracle Public Sector Human Resources, part of Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15, can be reached over HTTP by a low-privileged user on the network. 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