CVE-2019-16374: pega platform
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-16374 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in pega platform. EPSS estimates a 1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 04-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 13-08-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
1.88%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
79%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.88% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Pega1 product
- platform≤ 8.2.1
1 vendor · 1 product