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PayrollApplication · Oracle

CVE-2026-60897

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Developing Published 2026-07-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 12.2.15 or later.
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click 4 weeks old

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
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 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).

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · low confidence
Developing — this CVE was published recently and its authoritative NVD entry is still being established, so we're holding a technical summary until the source data settles rather than publish something unreliable. Re-checking after 2026-08-04.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
PayrollApplication
Affected:>= 12.2.3, <= 12.2.15

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 12.2.15
Recommended fix Moderate confidence
  1. 1. Log into My Oracle Support (support.oracle.com) and search for CVE-2026-60897 or the Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update (CPU) that addresses this vulnerability.
  2. 2. Download and review the specific security patch for Oracle Payroll in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3-12.2.15.
  3. 3. Apply the patch in a non-production environment first to validate compatibility with your custom configurations.
  4. 4. Schedule a maintenance window and back up the Oracle E-Business Suite database and application tier.
  5. 5. Apply the security patch following Oracle's standard patch application procedures (using adop or similar tools as appropriate for your EBS version.
  6. 6. Verify the patch was applied successfully by checking the patch applied logs and running relevant diagnostics.
  7. 7. Test critical Oracle Payroll functionality including payroll runs, deductions, and year-end processes in your non-production environment before promoting to production.
  8. 8. Apply the patch to production during the scheduled maintenance window.
Caveat Review Oracle's patch readme for any post-patch steps or known issues specific to your Oracle E-Business Suite version and integrated modules.

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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