Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.58/8.59 Elastic Search denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.58/8.59. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Elastic Search. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-36518. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.58/8.59 (Enterprise Resource Planning Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Elastic Search. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/19/2022 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022. The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-36518. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240509 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.14 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2025:9583)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240509) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-1319). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 240509
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.14 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2025:9583)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/11/2022 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-36518 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-36518
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-204472
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2022 08:17
Updated: 03/20/2026 09:21
Changes: 07/20/2022 08:17 (40), 08/14/2022 10:16 (2), 08/14/2022 10:22 (17), 06/26/2025 08:42 (16), 08/28/2025 04:14 (1), 03/20/2026 09:21 (1)
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