CVE-2023-36496

Delegated Admin Virtual Attribute Provider Privilege Escalation

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Score

Published: February 1, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:06 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPingDirectory

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Severity

HIGH8.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

Delegated Admin Privilege virtual attribute provider plugin, when enabled, allows an authenticated user to elevate their permissions in the Directory Server.

Affected

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

PingDirectory · Pingidentity

95%

8.3 ≤ v ≤ 8.3.0.88.3.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.3.0.89.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.0.0.59.0.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.0.0.59.1 ≤ v ≤ 9.1.0.29.1.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.1.0.29.2 ≤ v ≤ 9.2.0.19.3 ≤ v < 9.3.0.18.3 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.2.0.0 9.2.0.1 9.3 9.3.0.0 9.3.0.1

Affected range stops below 9.3.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement