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CVE-2021-42000

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-42000 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Ping Identity PingFederate. It allows an authenticated attacker to reset another user's password if the password reset/change flow is configured with an authentication policy and the adapter supports multiple parallel reset flows. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and no user interaction required, leading to a high impact on integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0.0, <= 10.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.1.0, <= 10.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.2.0, <= 10.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.3.0, <= 10.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.pingidentity.com / bundle/pingfederate-103/page/hhm1634833631515.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
pingidentity.com / en/resources/downloads/pingfederate.html
Vendor Advisory