Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.61/8.62 Process Scheduler improper authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.61/8.62. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Process Scheduler. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-47017. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.61/8.62 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Process Scheduler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Process Scheduler). Supported versions that are affected are 8.61 and 8.62. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged 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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.7 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-47017 since 05/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/22/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

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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• 8.61
• 8.62

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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