CVE-2020-2776 Denial of service in PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools

High 8.6 Published 15 Apr 2020 Updated 30 Sep 2024

Unauthenticated attackers can cause a complete denial of service in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools via network access.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-2776?

CVE-2020-2776 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools, published on 15 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Security). Supported versions that are affected are 8.56 and 8.57. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. While the vulnerability is in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.6 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2776?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2776?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-2776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-2776 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-hrg4-r4x5-qp6w.