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CVE-2026-20746
PingDirectory copying of virtual attributes leads to memory exhaustion
Medium6.3EPSS 0.28%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Ping Identity
Description
Virtual attribute handling in Ping Identity PingDirectory in affected versions allows only authorized users to exhaust java memory heap when recent login history is enabled and copying virtual attributes that reference ds-privilege-name values.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ping IdentityCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/RE:M/U:Amber |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 4.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 80% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 9.3.0.0 – ≤ 9.3.0.8
- affected 10.1.0.0 – ≤ 10.1.0.5
- affected 10.2.0.0 – ≤ 10.2.0.5
- affected 10.3.0.0 – ≤ 10.3.0.3
- affected 11.0.0.0 – < 11.0.0.1
References (3)
- https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.0/release_notes/pd_release_notes.html#pingdirectory-suite-of-products-11-0-0-1-march-2026 (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingdirectory-downloads.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.pingidentity.com/s/article/SECADV052-Denial-of-Service-via-copying-virtual-attributes (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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