# CVE-2026-83490: Oracle iRecruitment privilege escalation in E-Business Suite

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-83490-oracle-irecruitment-privilege-escalation-in-e-business-suite  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-15. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-83490 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.5 · Published 2026-09-15

Oracle iRecruitment is a recruitment and staffing management component within Oracle E-Business Suite used by enterprises to manage hiring workflows and employee data. This vulnerability allows a low-privileged attacker with network access to bypass access controls and read sensitive hiring and employee information, or modify recruitment records. The flaw affects versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 and could also impact other connected modules in the broader E-Business Suite system.

Technologies: [Oracle iRecruitment](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/irecruitment). Vendors: [Oracle](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/oracle).

## 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

## References

- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html)

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