Configuration-based MFA Bypass in PingID RADIUS PCV.
The PingID RADIUS PCV adapter for PingFederate, which supports RADIUS authentication with PingID MFA, is vulnerable to MFA bypass under certain configurations.
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- Apr 25, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 42th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-305
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Report tools
Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.5
- CNA · Ping Identity
- 6.5
- agree
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:H/RL:U/RC:C
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| pingidentity | pingfederate | cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate |
| pingidentity | pingid integration kit | cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingid_integration_kit |
| pingidentity | radius pcv | cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:radius_pcv |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- pingidentity pingfederate11.1.0 and later · up to 11.1.5 inclusive
- pingidentity pingfederate11.2.0 and later · up to 11.2.2 inclusive
- pingidentity pingid integration kitbefore 2.24
- pingidentity radius pcv3.0.0 and later · before 3.0.2
- pingidentity radius pcv2.10.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Ping Identity). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Ping Identity PingFederate (includes Radius PCV)
- 11.1.0 and later · before 11.1.0*affected
- 11.1.5 and later · up to and including 11.1.5affected
- 11.2.0 and later · before 11.2.0*affected
- 11.2.2 and later · up to and including 11.2.2affected
Ping Identity PingID Integration Kit (includes Radius PCV)
- 2.24 and later · before 2.24affected
Ping Identity PingID Radius PCV
- 2.10.0affected
- 3.0.0 and later · before 3.0.0*affected
- 3.0.2 and later · up to and including 3.0.2affected
Same product
pingidentity: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-40545PingFederate OAuth client_secret_jwt Authentication Bypass39Monitor
- CVE-2023-37283Authentication Bypass via HTML Form & Identifier First Adapter39Monitor
- CVE-2021-40329The Authentication API in Ping Identity PingFederate before 10.3 mishandles certain aspects of external password management.39Monitor
- CVE-2022-40724Cross-Site Request Forgery on PingFederate Local Identity Profiles Endpoint.35Monitor
- CVE-2023-39219Admin Console Denial of Service via Java class enumeration30Monitor
- CVE-2021-41770Ping Identity PingFederate before 10.3.1 mishandles pre-parsing validation, leading to an XXE attack that can achieve XML file disclosure.30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-305 · Authentication Bypass by Primary WeaknessCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.