PingFederate Password Reset via Authentication API Mishandling

published 2022-05-02 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-28658

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits: 0; none known

When a password reset mechanism is configured to use the Authentication API with an Authentication Policy, email One-Time Password, PingID or SMS authentication, an existing user can reset another existing user’s password.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

pingidentity pingfederate 9.3.3, 10.0.12, 10.1.9, 10.2.7, 10.3.4

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Exploit prediction

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Ping Identity PingFederate

Classification

Weakness

CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

pingidentity.com /en/resources/downloads/pingfederate.html
vendor-advisory
docs.pingidentity.com /bundle/pingfederate-110/page/spk1642790928508.html
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-23722
NVD CVE-2022-23722

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