CVE-2026-87363: Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll privilege escalation in Internal Operations

CVE-2026-87363 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2026-10-20

Oracle E-Business Suite's Payroll module, which handles employee compensation and benefits, contains a vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to take control of the payroll system. An attacker with low-level network access and valid credentials could compromise payroll data, calculations, and processing, potentially leading to unauthorized changes to employee compensation or data theft.

Technologies: Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll. Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-87363 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87363 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-87363?
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-2026-87363?
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-2026-87363 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-87363?
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

A difficult-to-exploit authorization flaw in Oracle E-Business Suite's Payroll component (Internal Operations) permits a low-privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to gain complete system compromise. The vulnerability requires authentication and specific conditions (AC:H), but successful exploitation results in full takeover of the Payroll application with impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Affected products

  • Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll 12.2.3 through 12.2.15

Timeline

  • 2026-10-20: disclosed

References

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