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

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.

Published: 2022-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-23722 is rated Moderate Risk (41.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-23722

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.13% 0.56% +0.43%
2 2025-05-11 0.18% 0.13% -0.05%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.18% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-23722

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-23722

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-23722

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pingidentity pingfederate >= 9.3.0, < 9.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pingidentity pingfederate >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pingidentity pingfederate >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pingidentity pingfederate >= 10.2.0, < 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pingidentity pingfederate >= 10.3.0, < 10.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pingidentity pingfederate 9.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:9.3.3:p15:*:*:*:*:*:*
pingidentity pingfederate 11.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-23722

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