CVE-2026-73960 Denial of service in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
Unauthenticated attackers can cause a complete denial of service in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools via HTTP requests.
- 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-2026-73960?
CVE-2026-73960 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Corporation PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, published on 15 Sep 2026. 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: Ren Server). Supported versions that are affected are 8.61-8.63. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. 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 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-73960?
How do I fix CVE-2026-73960?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-73960 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-2026-73960 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73960 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7w4q-m2m5-96p4.