Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise SCM Purchasing 9.2 improper authorization

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise SCM Purchasing 9.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Purchasing. This manipulation causes improper authorization. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-21971. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise SCM Purchasing 9.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Purchasing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise SCM Purchasing product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Purchasing). The supported version that is affected is 9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise SCM Purchasing. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise SCM Purchasing accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise SCM Purchasing accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-21971 since 01/05/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/21/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-3541). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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• Oracle

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• PeopleSoft Enterprise SCM Purchasing

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• 9.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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