Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a critical Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS UK Payroll issue that could let a low-privileged user with HTTP access read or change sensitive payroll and HR data. The main business risk is confidentiality and integrity loss in employee/payroll records, with possible impact beyond the vulnerable component.
Executive priority
Treat this as urgent for any UK Payroll deployment because the impact is sensitive HR/payroll data compromise without requiring administrator privileges. Prioritize patch verification, access restriction, and audit review over routine maintenance windows.
Technical view
CVE-2026-62549 is a CWE-284 access-control flaw in Oracle HRMS (UK), component UK Payroll, affecting supported E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15. Oracle rates it CVSS 9.6: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N, meaning low-complexity network exploitation with low privileges and no user interaction.
Likely exposure
Organizations running Oracle E-Business Suite with Oracle HRMS (UK) or UK Payroll on versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 are the stated exposure group, especially where HTTP access is available to low-privileged users.
Exploitation context
The provided sources say the vulnerability is easily exploitable and requires low privileges over HTTP. The bundle does not identify public exploit code, active exploitation, or CISA KEV listing, so active exploitation should not be asserted from these sources.
Researcher notes
The source detail is limited to Oracle/CVE metadata. Key points are scope change, low-privileged HTTP access, no user interaction, and high confidentiality/integrity impact. Do not assume other EBS modules are directly vulnerable, but assess downstream impact because Oracle notes significant impact to additional products.
Mitigation direction
- Review Oracle's July 2026 Critical Patch Update guidance for this CVE.
- Patch affected Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS UK Payroll systems per Oracle guidance.
- Restrict HTTP access to Oracle E-Business Suite interfaces to trusted networks and users.
- Review low-privileged HRMS accounts and remove unnecessary access.
- Prioritize monitoring around payroll and HR data modification paths.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Oracle E-Business Suite instances using HRMS UK Payroll.
- Confirm whether versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15 are present.
- Verify Oracle CPU remediation status against vendor guidance.
- Review HRMS audit logs for unauthorized read, create, delete, or modification activity.
- Check whether exposed HTTP paths are reachable by low-privileged accounts.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.6 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N3.15.8oracleVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
9.6CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- Oracle AdvisoryCVE reference, oracle · vendor-advisory
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CWE details
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Improper Access Control
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