# CVE-2026-60894: Auth bypass in Oracle Payroll

> A low-privileged attacker can bypass authentication to take over Oracle Payroll, requiring immediate patching for enterprise security.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-96v4-4g3r-33q3

## What is CVE-2026-60894?

CVE-2026-60894 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Payroll, published on 21 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Payroll product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations).  Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Payroll.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Payroll. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality), CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-60894?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Payroll.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-60894?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-60894 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-60894 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-60894 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Payroll

- [CVE-2026-70941](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70941/): Privilege escalation in Oracle Payroll (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-60890](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60890/): Auth bypass in Oracle Payroll (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-60897](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60897/): Auth bypass in Oracle Payroll (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-62464](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-62464/): Auth bypass in Oracle Payroll (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-70945](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70945/): Missing authorization in Oracle Payroll (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-60894 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-60894 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Payroll, published on 21 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-60894 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Payroll. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60894/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60894/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-60894
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60894
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-60894

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