Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-83490 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-83490 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-83490?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.5, published 15 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Oracle E-Business Suite iRecruitment 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-83490?
- 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-2026-83490 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-83490?
- Check whether you run Oracle E-Business Suite iRecruitment or Oracle iRecruitment 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 an authorization bypass or privilege escalation vulnerability in the iRecruitment component (Internal Operations module) of Oracle E-Business Suite. The flaw is easily exploitable via HTTP network requests and requires only low-level privileges (low PR:L) and no user interaction. An authenticated attacker can gain unauthorized read access to critical recruitment and personnel data (High Confidentiality impact) and perform unauthorized modifications to iRecruitment records (Low Integrity impact). The scope is marked as changed, indicating exploitation may affect other Oracle E-Business Suite modules beyond iRecruitment itself. Patches are expected to be available through Oracle's official security updates.
Affected products
- Oracle E-Business Suite iRecruitment 12.2.3 through 12.2.15
Timeline
- 2026-09-15: disclosed