# CVE-2026-101539: Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll unauthorized data access

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-101539-vulnerability-in-the-oracle-payroll-product-of-oracle-e-business  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-10-20. Updated: 2026-10-20  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-101539 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2026-10-20

Oracle E-Business Suite's Payroll module, which handles employee compensation and related financial data for enterprises, contains a vulnerability that allows low-privileged users with network access to view sensitive payroll information they should not be authorized to access. An attacker could exploit this flaw via HTTP to read confidential employee and compensation data without modifying or disrupting payroll operations.

Technologies: [Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/e-business-suite-payroll). Vendors: [Oracle](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/oracle).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-101539 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-101539 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-101539?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 20 October 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-101539?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-101539 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-101539?** Check whether you run Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A low-privilege authentication bypass or access control weakness in the Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll Internal Operations component allows network attackers to access restricted payroll data via HTTP. The vulnerability requires valid credentials but allows unauthorized disclosure of payroll records and associated sensitive data. A fix is available in versions later than 12.2.15.

## Affected products

- Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll 12.2.3 through 12.2.15

## Timeline

- 2026-10-20: disclosed
- 2026-10-20: advisory

## References

- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html)

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- [Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll privilege escalation in Internal Operations](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-87363-vulnerability-in-the-oracle-payroll-product-of-oracle-e-business)
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