CVE-2026-61120 Privilege escalation in Oracle HRMS (US)

High 7.0 Published 21 Jul 2026 Updated 23 Jul 2026

A low-privileged attacker with local access can escalate privileges to take over the Oracle HRMS application.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2026-61120?

CVE-2026-61120 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle HRMS (US), published on 21 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle HRMS (US) 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 logon to the infrastructure where Oracle HRMS (US) executes to compromise Oracle HRMS (US). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle HRMS (US). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-61120?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Human Resources Management System.

How do I fix CVE-2026-61120?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-61120 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-61120 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-61120 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gjgh-v4gm-fwpm.