CVE-2021-42000

Ping Identity PingFederate Password Reset and Password Change Mishandling with an authentication policy in parallel reset flows

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

Published: February 10, 2022 at 10:30 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:09 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPingFederate

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

Description

When a password reset or password change flow with an authentication policy is configured and the adapter in the reset or change policy supports multiple parallel reset flows, an existing user can reset another existing users password.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

PingFederate · Pingidentity

95%

v ≤ 9.3.010.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.0.1110.0.11 ≤ v < 10.0.0*10.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.1.810.1.8 ≤ v < 10.1.0*10.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.2.610.2.6 ≤ v < 10.2.0*10.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.3.210.3.2 ≤ v < 10.3.0*9.3.3-P15 ≤ v < 9.3.0*10.0.11 10.1.8 10.2.6 10.3.2 9.3.39.3.3 p159.3.3-P15

Affected range stops below 10.0.0*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 10.1.0*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 10.2.0*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 10.3.0*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.3.0*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://docs.pingidentity.com/bundle/pingfederate-103/page/hhm1634833631515.html

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingfederate.html

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-285NVD-CWE-Other

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