Affects Oracle E-Business Suite (widely deployed ERP). Network-accessible low-privilege exploit can compromise HRMS data across enterprises, making it broadly newsworthy and high-impact.
CVE-2026-62549
Critical remote privilege-escalation in Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS (UK)
Is CVE-2026-62549 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-62549 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-62549?
CVE-2026-62549 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.6. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-62549?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-62549. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-62549 affect?
CVE-2026-62549 affects Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS (UK) 12.2.3 - 12.2.15, UK Payroll component. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-62549?
Apply vendor patch/mitigation ASAP; restrict HTTP access to HRMS; review logs and integrity
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Low-privileged attacker via HTTP can escalate privileges to create/modify/delete or fully access HRMS data.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 12.2.3 and <= 12.2.15
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.