CVE-2026-87161: Oracle HRMS (India) unauthorized data access in E-Business Suite

CVE-2026-87161 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.5 · Published 2026-09-15

Oracle HRMS (India) is a human resources management system component within Oracle E-Business Suite that manages employee and payroll data. A vulnerability allows a low-privileged network attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive HR data and modify or delete records, potentially exposing critical employee information and disrupting HR operations across the organization.

Technologies: Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS (India). Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-87161 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87161 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-87161?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.5, published 15 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS (India) 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87161?
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-2026-87161 attacked?
It is attacked over the network.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-87161?
Check whether you run Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS (India) 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 in Oracle HRMS (India), a component of E-Business Suite, is easily exploitable and allows a low-privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise the system. The vulnerability results in scope change, meaning successful exploitation may impact additional connected Oracle products beyond HRMS itself. An authenticated attacker can achieve high-impact confidentiality violations (read access to all HRMS-accessible data) and limited integrity violations (unauthorized update, insert, or delete of some HRMS data). Attack requires low privilege access but no user interaction. Patch availability has not been confirmed in the provided advisory details.

Affected products

  • Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS (India) 12.2.3 through 12.2.15

Timeline

  • 2026-09-15: disclosed

References

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