# CVE-2026-70804: Missing authorization in Oracle Public Sector Human Resources

> High-privileged attackers can bypass authorization to read, create, delete, or modify critical data in Oracle Public Sector Human Resources.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2jv7-c5xp-fph5

## What is CVE-2026-70804?

CVE-2026-70804 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Public Sector Human Resources, published on 18 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Public Sector Human Resources product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Regression Testing).  Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Public Sector Human Resources.  While the vulnerability is in Oracle Public Sector Human Resources, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change).  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Public Sector Human Resources accessible data as well as  unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Public Sector Human Resources accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.7 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-70804?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Public Sector Human Resources.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-70804?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-70804 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-70804 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70804 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Public Sector Human Resources

- [CVE-2026-70802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70802/): Auth bypass in Oracle Public Sector Human Resources (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-70804 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-70804 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Public Sector Human Resources, published on 18 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70804 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Public Sector Human Resources. 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-2026-70804/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70804/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-70804
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70804
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70804

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70804/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.