Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools up to 8.63 Updates Environment Mgmt privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools up to 8.63 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Updates Environment Mgmt. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-60968. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools up to 8.63 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Updates Environment Mgmt. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Updates Environment Mgmt). Supported versions that are affected are 8.61-8.63. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools executes to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-60968 since 07/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/08/2026 CVE reserved
10/21/2026 +105 days Advisory disclosed
10/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-60968 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-60968
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-423644

Entryinfo

Created: 10/21/2026 03:02
Changes: 10/21/2026 03:02 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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