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CVE-2022-23722: PingFederate Password Reset via Authentication API Mishandling

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-288

Description

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.

Affected products

• Ping Identity PingFederate: from 9.3.0 before 9.3.3; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.12; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.9; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.7; from 10.3.0 before 10.3.4; 9.3.3-p15, 11.0.0 — fixed in 10.0.12, 10.1.9, 10.2.7, 10.3.4, 9.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ping Identity PingFederate 10.0.12, 10.1.9, 10.2.7, 10.3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.pingidentity.com/bundle/pingfederate-110/page/spk1642790928508.html
• https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingfederate.html
• https://docs.pingidentity.com/bundle/pingfederate-110/page/spk1642790928508.html
• https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingfederate.html

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