{"id":"CVE-2026-60968","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-60968"],"related":[],"title":"Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools: Updates Environment flaw lets admins alter data","description":"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).","summary":"A flaw in the Updates Environment Management component of Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.61 through 8.63 lets a highly privileged logged-in user modify or delete critical data and crash the service. The attacker must already have logon access to the infrastructure running PeopleTools.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.0,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["enterprise-apps","oracle","other","peoplesoft","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["no-privileged-logon","unsupported-version"],"how_to_check":"- unknown","fix":"- unknown","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-20T22:19:33+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:25+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T04:05:41+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T04:05:41+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.7,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T04:05:41Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- unknown","reach":"local","title":"Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools: Updates Environment flaw lets admins alter data","impact":"medium","summary":"A flaw in the Updates Environment Management component of Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.61 through 8.63 lets a highly privileged logged-in user modify or delete critical data and crash the service. The attacker must already have logon access to the infrastructure running PeopleTools.","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["peoplesoft","oracle","enterprise-apps","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.7,"needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Attacker with privileged logon modifies or deletes data and causes denial of service","analyst_note":"Check Oracle's Critical Patch Update advisory for the fixed PeopleTools patch level for 8.61-8.63 and the exact patch or update to apply.","how_to_check":"- unknown","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["unsupported-version","no-privileged-logon"],"who_is_affected":"Organizations running Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools versions 8.61 through 8.63 where highly privileged accounts can log on to the servers hosting PeopleTools. Teams on other PeopleTools versions or without such privileged logon paths can likely skip it, but the sources do not confirm that.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.000622,"input_tokens":3576,"output_tokens":528,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-2026':12A,15A '-60968':13A,16A '-8.63':92C '/av':169C '3.1':157C,168C '6.0':160C '8.61':39B,91C '8.63':41B 'abil':141C 'access':65B,128C,137C 'admin':8A 'affect':89C 'allow':96C 'alreadi':62B 'alter':9A 'app':19B 'attack':60B,99C,116C 'avail':163C 'base':158C 'caus':143C 'complet':150C 'compon':33B,81C 'compromis':111C 'crash':56B,149C 'creation':124C 'critic':53B,130C 'cve':11A,14A 'cvss':156C,165C,167C 'data':10A,54B,131C,138C 'delet':52B,125C 'dos':151C 'easili':93C 'enterpris':18B,37B,75C,107C,113C,135C,154C 'enterprise-app':17B 'environ':5A,31B,83C 'execut':109C 'exploit':94C 'flaw':6A,27B 'frequent':147C 'h':177C 'h/a':176C 'h/ui':172C 'hang':145C 'high':44B,97C 'host':25B 'impact':164C 'infrastructur':68B,104C 'integr':161C 'l/ac':170C 'l/pr':171C 'let':7A,42B 'log':47B 'logged-in':46B 'logon':64B,101C 'manag':32B 'mgmt':84C 'modif':127C 'modifi':50B 'must':61B 'n/i':175C 'n/s':173C 'oracl':1A,20B,35B,79C 'peoplesoft':2A,22B,36B,74C,80C,106C,112C,134C,153C 'peopletool':3A,38B,70B,76C,108C,114C,136C,155C 'privileg':45B,98C 'product':77C 'repeat':148C 'result':121C 'run':69B 'score':159C 'self':24B 'self-host':23B 'servic':58B 'success':115C 'support':85C 'u/c':174C 'unauthor':123C,140C 'updat':4A,30B,82C 'user':49B 'vector':166C 'version':86C 'vulner':71C,95C,119C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Organizations running Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools versions 8.61 through 8.63 where highly privileged accounts can log on to the servers hosting PeopleTools. Teams on other PeopleTools versions or without such privileged logon paths can likely skip it, but the sources do not confirm that.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-20T22:19:33+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"secalert_us@oracle.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-60968","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60968","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-20T22:19:33+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-21T18:44:19+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:25+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:29:00+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}