CVE-2026-70941

Status: AnalyzedHigh (8.8)—

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).

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 8.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 5
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation95 %
Primary impactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution85 %
Secondary impactT1078.002 Domain Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access75 %
Secondary impactT1565.002 Transmitted Data Manipulationimpact80 %

AV:L + PR:L sin UI justifica T1068 (escalada local). El compromiso completo del producto y scope change implica ejecución de código, modificación de datos críticos (nóminas) y posible control de cuentas administrativas en Oracle Payroll.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account Management Execution Prevention User Training User Account Management Threat Intelligence Program Restrict Web-Based Content

Affected technologies (1)

Oracle — Payroll

CWEs

CWE-284

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html

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