# CVE-2026-101554: Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll privilege escalation in Internal Operations

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-101554-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-2026-101554 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2026-10-20

Oracle E-Business Suite's Payroll module, which handles enterprise payroll processing and financial operations, contains a vulnerability in its Internal Operations component. An attacker with low-level network access can exploit this flaw to gain complete control of the Payroll system, potentially accessing or modifying sensitive payroll data and financial records. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized changes to employee compensation, data theft, or system disruption.

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-2026-101554 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-101554 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-101554?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, 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-2026-101554?** 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-2026-101554 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-101554?** 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

This is a remote exploitation vulnerability in the Payroll module's Internal Operations component that allows a low-privileged, network-authenticated attacker to achieve full system compromise via HTTP. The vulnerability has high complexity, requiring specific conditions for successful exploitation, but provides complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise once exploited.

## Affected products

- Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll 12.2.3 through 12.2.15

## Timeline

- 2026-10-20: disclosed

## References

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

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