# CVE-2025-50062: Privilege escalation in PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Global Payroll Core

> Low-privileged attackers can escalate privileges to read, create, delete, or modify critical payroll data in PeopleSoft HCM Global Payroll Core.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-24f3-rr2c-6cx6

## What is CVE-2025-50062?

CVE-2025-50062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Global Payroll Core, published on 15 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Global Payroll Core product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Global Payroll for Core).  Supported versions that are affected are 9.2.51 and  9.2.52. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Global Payroll Core.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Global Payroll Core accessible data as well as  unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Global Payroll Core accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-50062?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Hcm Global Payroll Core.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-50062?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-50062 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-50062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-50062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-50062 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-50062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Global Payroll Core, published on 15 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-50062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Corporation PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Global Payroll Core. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50062/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50062/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-50062
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50062
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-50062

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