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PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools EUVDEUVD-2026-106382

| CVE-2026-87340 LOW
Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306)
2026-10-20 secalert_us@oracle.com GHSA-76mj-24j5-fv3v
3.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: oracle
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach Portal over HTTP unauthenticated
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted malicious request
  3. Exploit
    Win high-complexity exploitation condition
  4. Execution
    Perform unauthorized data write
  5. Impact
    Tamper with some PeopleTools data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Authentication required for critical functions
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation targets the Portal component of Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools versions 8.61 through 8.63 and is reachable remotely over HTTP by an unauthenticated attacker (PR:N). However, it is explicitly rated 'difficult to exploit' (AC:H), meaning success depends on a condition the attacker cannot directly control - such as a race, specific server state, or precise timing - which is the primary limiting factor. Impact is confined to unauthorized insert/update/delete of SOME PeopleTools-accessible data (partial integrity only); there is no data disclosure and no availability impact, further bounding realistic risk. No user interaction is required (UI:N), and scope is unchanged (S:U).

Impact

This is a genuinely low-priority vulnerability despite being network-reachable and unauthenticated. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 3.7 (LOW), and the vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) tells a consistent, coherent story: an attacker can reach it over HTTP without credentials (PR:N, AV:N), but exploitation is hard (AC:H), requiring conditions outside the attacker's control (e.g., timing, specific state, or a race), and the only consequence is LOW integrity impact (I:L) - unauthorized update/insert/delete of SOME accessible data, with zero confidentiality (C:N) and zero availability (A:N) impact. No EPSS score was provided in the input, no CISA KEV listing is present (so NOT confirmed exploited), and no public POC is referenced - therefore there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. No SSVC decision data was supplied. The high attack complexity combined with a narrow, partial integrity-only impact makes this a low real-world risk that does not warrant emergency patching; it should be remediated during Oracle's normal quarterly CPU patch cycle. One caveat: the input Tag 'Authentication Bypass' conflicts with the description and vector, which describe a limited data-tampering flaw with no stated authentication-bypass mechanism - treat that tag as unreliable and verify against the Oracle CPU advisory.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote, unauthenticated attacker sends specially crafted HTTP requests to the PeopleSoft Portal interface and, by meeting a hard-to-control condition (high attack complexity), manages to perform unauthorized insert, update, or delete operations against a subset of PeopleTools data. No public exploit code is known, and the difficulty (AC:H) plus limited partial-integrity impact make reliable, repeatable exploitation unlikely in practice.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Unauthenticated remote attackers can make limited unauthorized inserts, updates, or deletes against data exposed through the Portal component of Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.61 through 8.63, reachable over HTTP. The severity is genuinely low: the CVSS 3.1 base score is 3.7 because Oracle explicitly rates the flaw 'difficult to exploit' (AC:H), meaning success hinges on a condition such as specific server state or precise timing that the attacker cannot directly control, and the impact is capped at partial integrity loss with no confidentiality or availability effect. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, so there is no confirmed active exploitation; the practical risk is further bounded by the combination of high attack complexity and the absence of any disclosure or denial-of-service component. No EPSS score was supplied with the intelligence, reinforcing that prioritization should be driven by asset exposure rather than threat activity.

RemediationAI

Apply the October 2026 Oracle Critical Patch Update for PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools; the advisory at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html lists the supported 8.61-8.63 patch sets that resolve this Portal issue, and no specific fixed build number was provided in the available intelligence, so consult that page for the exact patch level rather than assuming one. Because the vulnerability is unauthenticated and reachable over HTTP, Oracle CPU patches are typically applied on a quarterly cadence and should be scheduled ahead of the normal cycle only where the Portal is internet-facing. Where immediate patching is not possible, compensating controls are practical: front the PeopleSoft Portal with a reverse proxy or WAF that restricts access to known corporate source ranges or VPN egress and enforces rate limits, at the trade-off of blocking legitimate external self-service and mobile users; enable PeopleTools auditing and database-level change tracking on sensitive Portal-reachable records to detect the partial-write behavior this flaw enables, at the cost of additional log volume and storage; and isolate the Portal web tier in a segmented network zone with egress filtering so a successful tamper cannot be leveraged further, which requires firewall and topology changes. Given the AC:H rating and integrity-only, partial impact, no emergency out-of-band response is warranted - prioritize patching by exposure, starting with any Portal instance directly reachable from the internet. Monitor the Oracle advisory and NVD entry for any update to exploitation status, since no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

Affected VersionsENISA

PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.61 ≤8.63

Affected Packages

euvd peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools is the application platform layer beneath PeopleSoft HCM, FSCM, Campus Solutions and CRM, and the Portal component provides the web-facing servlet infrastructure through which users reach pagelets, content references and self-service transactions over HTTP. This issue is a business-logic/authorization weakness in that Portal layer rather than a memory-safety defect: an unauthenticated network-positioned request (AV:N, PR:N, UI:N) can reach a state in which some PeopleTools-accessible records are modified, giving a low-integrity impact only (I:L, C:N, A:N, S:U). No CWE identifier was supplied in the source intelligence, so the precise root-cause class is not confirmed from available data, but the AC:H metric and Oracle's 'difficult to exploit' classification indicate the attacker must satisfy a precondition outside their control - a race window, a particular server or session state, or exact request sequencing - before the write succeeds. Because the flaw is integrity-only and partial in scope, it is more likely to be useful for persistent low-noise data tampering than for account takeover or lateral movement, and exploitation attempts may resemble ordinary Portal traffic unless request bodies and server state transitions are specifically audited. No CPE strings were provided to narrow the platform or patch-level footprint beyond the version range given.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 3.7 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 3.7 LOW

Network-reachable unauthenticated Portal flaw (AV:N/PR:N) but rated difficult to exploit (AC:H); limited partial data tampering gives I:L with no C or A impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Portal). Supported versions that are affected are 8.61-8.63. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 85% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise ERP/HCM in large orgs, but recent 8.61-8.63 only
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity LOW
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Low

Priority Score

18
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +18
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

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