CVE-2026-70941 Privilege escalation in Oracle Payroll

High 8.8 Published 18 Aug 2026 Updated 22 Aug 2026

A low-privileged attacker with local access can escalate privileges to take over the Oracle Payroll component in E-Business Suite.

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-2026-70941?

CVE-2026-70941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Payroll, published on 18 Aug 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 Payroll product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Payroll executes to compromise Oracle Payroll. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Payroll, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Payroll. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-70941?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Payroll.

How do I fix CVE-2026-70941?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-70941 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-70941 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70941 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gff5-p786-6c86.