CVE-2026-61024 Overview
CVE-2026-61024 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Oracle iRecruitment product of Oracle E-Business Suite, specifically within the Internal Operations component. The flaw allows a low-privileged attacker with network access over HTTP to compromise Oracle iRecruitment. Successful exploitation results in unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical data, as well as unauthorized read access to all data accessible through Oracle iRecruitment. Oracle addressed the issue in the July 2026 Critical Patch Update.
Critical Impact
An authenticated remote attacker can compromise the confidentiality and integrity of all data accessible through Oracle iRecruitment across supported versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.
Affected Products
- Oracle E-Business Suite — Oracle iRecruitment 12.2.3
- Oracle E-Business Suite — Oracle iRecruitment 12.2.4 through 12.2.14
- Oracle E-Business Suite — Oracle iRecruitment 12.2.15
Discovery Timeline
- 2026-07-21 - CVE-2026-61024 published to the National Vulnerability Database
- 2026-07-21 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2026-61024
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability resides in the Internal Operations component of Oracle iRecruitment, a module of Oracle E-Business Suite used for recruitment and candidate management. Oracle classifies the issue as easily exploitable, requiring only low privileges and network access over HTTP. No user interaction is needed to trigger the flaw.
Successful exploitation grants an attacker the ability to read, create, delete, or modify any data accessible to the Oracle iRecruitment application. Because iRecruitment stores personally identifiable information (PII) of candidates and employees, the confidentiality impact extends to sensitive HR records. Availability of the application is not affected.
Root Cause
Oracle has not published detailed root-cause information beyond the advisory in the July 2026 Critical Patch Update. The impact profile — confidentiality and integrity compromise via HTTP with authenticated low privileges — is consistent with a broken access control or authorization bypass within an application endpoint of the Internal Operations component. Refer to the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2026 for vendor-provided technical details.
Attack Vector
Exploitation requires network access to the Oracle iRecruitment web interface and a valid low-privileged application account. The attacker sends crafted HTTP requests to the vulnerable Internal Operations endpoints. Because iRecruitment is frequently exposed to external candidates over the internet, the attack surface is often reachable beyond the internal network perimeter.
No verified proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available. The vulnerability is described in prose only; Oracle does not release exploitation code with its Critical Patch Updates.
Detection Methods for CVE-2026-61024
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected HTTP requests to Oracle iRecruitment Internal Operations URLs originating from low-privileged or external candidate accounts.
- Unusual creation, modification, or deletion events in HR, PER, and IREC schema tables outside normal business hours.
- Application audit log entries showing data access patterns inconsistent with a user's assigned responsibilities.
- Session activity from a single authenticated account enumerating multiple candidate or requisition records in rapid succession.
Detection Strategies
- Enable and review Oracle E-Business Suite Sign-On Audit and Page Access Tracking to correlate authenticated sessions with sensitive iRecruitment transactions.
- Deploy web application firewall (WAF) rules to flag anomalous HTTP requests targeting iRecruitment Internal Operations endpoints.
- Correlate application-tier logs with database-tier auditing to identify data modifications not initiated through expected workflows.
- Ingest Oracle E-Business Suite logs into a centralized data lake for behavioral analysis and cross-source correlation.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Monitor HTTP 200 responses on iRecruitment endpoints paired with non-standard parameter values or unusual POST bodies.
- Alert on privilege changes, responsibility grants, or role assignments within FND_USER and FND_USER_RESP_GROUPS tables.
- Track outbound data volume from application servers hosting iRecruitment to detect bulk extraction attempts.
How to Mitigate CVE-2026-61024
Immediate Actions Required
- Apply the July 2026 Oracle Critical Patch Update to all Oracle E-Business Suite environments running iRecruitment versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.15.
- Inventory all Oracle iRecruitment instances, including non-production, DR, and clone environments, and confirm patch status.
- Restrict internet exposure of iRecruitment to only the endpoints required for external candidate access using a reverse proxy or WAF.
- Audit low-privileged accounts and disable inactive or unnecessary iRecruitment user accounts.
Patch Information
Oracle released the fix for CVE-2026-61024 as part of the July 2026 Critical Patch Update. Administrators should follow standard Oracle E-Business Suite patching procedures using adop in online or downtime mode, then verify the patch level via AD_PATCH.IS_PATCH_APPLIED. Full advisory details are available in the Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2026.
Workarounds
- If patching must be delayed, temporarily disable external access to Oracle iRecruitment at the network or reverse-proxy layer until the update is applied.
- Enforce stricter session timeouts and multi-factor authentication for all iRecruitment users to reduce the exposure window from compromised low-privileged accounts.
- Increase auditing verbosity on the Internal Operations component and route logs to an out-of-band collector to preserve evidence.
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