CVE-2025-21085 json
PingFederate OAuth Grant attribute duplication may use excessive memory
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-18342
- cvss
- 2.1
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
PingFederate OAuth2 grant duplication in PostgreSQL persistent storage allows OAuth2 requests to use excessive memory utilization.
Patch / fix
- Ping Identity PingFederate 11.3.13, 12.0.9, 12.1.9, 12.2.4
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 2.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/RE:L/U:Amber |
| CNA | 4.0 | 2.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/V:X/RE:L/U:Amber |
Affected products
- Ping Identity PingFederate
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-462 Duplicate Key in Associative List (Alist)
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-21085
- NVD CVE-2025-21085
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