CVE-2026-60608: Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise CS Financial Aid data manipulation vulnerability

CVE-2026-60608 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.1 · Published 2026-07-21

A vulnerability exists in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise CS Financial Aid, a system used by higher education institutions to manage student financial assistance. An attacker with existing low-level access to the server infrastructure can exploit this flaw to modify, delete, or create critical financial aid data. This could lead to significant data integrity issues and unauthorized access to sensitive student information.

Technologies: Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise CS Financial Aid. Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-60608 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-60608 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-60608?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.1, published 21 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise CS Financial Aid 9.2.38.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-60608?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-60608 attacked?
It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-60608?
Check whether you run Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise CS Financial Aid at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

This vulnerability affects the Institutional Methodology Need Analysis component of Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise CS Financial Aid version 9.2.38. It is classified as an 'easily exploitable' flaw that requires the attacker to have local logon access to the infrastructure where the application executes (Attack Vector: Local). A successful exploit by a low-privileged user can result in unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical application data (High Integrity impact) and unauthorized read access to a subset of data (Low Confidentiality impact). The vulnerability does not appear to impact service availability. Users should refer to the Oracle Critical Patch Update for July 2026 for remediation steps.

Affected products

  • Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise CS Financial Aid 9.2.38

Timeline

  • 2026-07-21: disclosed
  • 2026-07-21: advisory

References

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