Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.62 PIA Core Technology improper authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.62. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component PIA Core Technology. This manipulation causes improper authorization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-47015. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.62 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component PIA Core Technology. 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 PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: PIA Core Technology). The supported version that is affected is 8.62. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-47015 since 05/18/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/22/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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• Oracle

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• PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools

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• 8.62

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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