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CVE-2019-16374

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Pega Platform 8.2.1 allows LDAP injection because a username can contain a * character and can be of unlimited length. An attacker can specify four characters of a username, followed by the * character, to bypass access control.

Affected products

• Pega Platform: through 8.2.1

References

• https://community.pega.com/upgrade
• https://gist.github.com/IAG0110/0205823570ba04ec12e656f7f4602877
• https://community.pega.com/upgrade
• https://gist.github.com/IAG0110/0205823570ba04ec12e656f7f4602877

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