9.8

CVE-2021-40329: ping identity pingfederate

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 27-09-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-40329 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in ping identity pingfederate. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-09-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Authentication API in Ping Identity PingFederate before 10.3 mishandles certain aspects of external password management.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.15% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ping identity1 product
Pingidentity1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links