CVE-2026-60893: Oracle Payroll information disclosure in Internal Operations

CVE-2026-60893 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2026-07-21

A security vulnerability exists in Oracle Payroll, a component of the Oracle E-Business Suite used for managing employee compensation and tax filings. An individual with low-level access to the underlying server infrastructure could exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to sensitive payroll information. This could lead to a significant breach of confidential employee data and potentially impact other integrated business systems.

Technologies: Oracle Payroll. Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-60893 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-60893 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-60893?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 21 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Oracle Payroll 12.2.3-12.2.15.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-60893?
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-2026-60893 attacked?
It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-60893?
Check whether you run Oracle 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 vulnerability resides in the Internal Operations component of Oracle Payroll within Oracle E-Business Suite. It is classified as a confidentiality-impacting flaw that allows a low-privileged attacker with local logon access to the infrastructure to compromise the application. The exploit is characterized by a 'scope change' (S:C), meaning that a successful attack on Oracle Payroll can facilitate unauthorized access to data or resources in other products within the suite. The attack vector is local, requiring no user interaction and having low complexity. Oracle addressed this in the July 2026 Critical Patch Update.

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation Oracle Payroll 12.2.3-12.2.15

Timeline

  • 2026-07-21: advisory: Oracle published the July 2026 Critical Patch Update containing this fix.
  • 2026-07-21: disclosed: CVE record published to the NVD.

References

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