Oracle E-Business Suite is widely deployed enterprise ERP; this flaw permits remote low-privilege compromise of HRMS data across many organizations.
CVE-2026-87159
Remote privilege escalation in Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS (India) allowing data modification.
Is CVE-2026-87159 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-87159 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.
How severe is CVE-2026-87159?
CVE-2026-87159 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.1. 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-2026-87159?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-87159, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-87159 affect?
CVE-2026-87159 affects Oracle E-Business Suite - HRMS (India) 12.2.3 - 12.2.15. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-87159?
Apply vendor updates/mitigations ASAP; restrict HRMS HTTP access and review logs.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote low-privilege attacker can create, delete or modify HRMS data and access all Oracle HRMS (India) accessible 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.