# CVE-2026-60878: Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools authorization bypass in Process Scheduler

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-60878-vulnerability-in-the-peoplesoft-enterprise-peopletools-product-of  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-10-20. Updated: 2026-10-20  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-60878 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.4 · Published 2026-10-20

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools is a suite of application development and management tools used by enterprises to build and maintain critical business applications. A vulnerability in the Process Scheduler component allows a low-privileged network attacker to read sensitive data and make unauthorized modifications to PeopleSoft data, potentially affecting other connected systems. Exploitation requires user interaction and is considered difficult to execute, but could result in data breaches or unauthorized changes to business-critical information.

Technologies: [Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/peopletools). Vendors: [Oracle](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/oracle).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-60878 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-60878 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-60878?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.4, published 20 October 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.61, 8.62.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-60878?** 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-2026-60878 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-60878?** Check whether you run Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 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 is an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Process Scheduler component of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, affecting versions 8.61 and 8.62. A low-privileged attacker with network access via HTTP can exploit this by tricking a user into performing an action, resulting in unauthorized read access to a subset of accessible data and unauthorized update, insert, or delete access to some accessible data. The vulnerability has a scope change (CVSS:S:C), meaning successful exploitation may impact systems beyond the vulnerable PeopleSoft application itself.

## Affected products

- Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.61, 8.62

## Timeline

- 2026-10-20: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html)

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