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CVE-2026-20773
Improper Authorization in PingFederate Administrative Expression Evaluation Endpoint
High8.5EPSS 0.35%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Ping Identity
Description
A role-based access control issue was identified in the administrative expression evaluation functionality. This could allow users with certain administrative roles to access expression testing capabilities beyond their intended permissions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Ping Identity
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ping IdentityCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High8.5 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 4.0 | High8.5 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (7 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: High 8.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 13.0.0 – ≤ 13.0.1
- affected 12.3.0 – ≤ 12.3.5
- affected 12.2.0 – ≤ 12.2.7
- affected 12.1.0 – ≤ 12.1.10
- affected 12.0.0 – ≤ 12.0.10
- affected 11.3.0 – ≤ 11.3.14
References (1)
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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