Local takeover via undisclosed privilege-management flaw
Published Jun 16, 2026 · Updated Jun 16, 2026
Improper privilege management in Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.61 and 8.62 allows local users to take over the platform. Oracle has not disclosed the vulnerable Deployment Package locus or the operation that mishandles privilege boundaries. Access to the host where PeopleTools runs is required, but no PeopleTools credentials or user interaction is needed; successful exploitation grants full control of the platform.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.61 and 8.62 allows local users to take over the platform. Oracle has not disclosed the vulnerable Deployment Package locus or the operation that mishandles privilege boundaries. Access to the host where PeopleTools runs is required, but no PeopleTools credentials or user interaction is needed; successful exploitation grants full control of the platform.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-35272
- Published
- Jun 16, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- Vendor
- Oracle
- Product
- PeopleSoft PeopleTools
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=8.61
- Affected versionversion=8.62
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