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CVE-2022-40725

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-40725 describes a vulnerability in PingID Desktop versions prior to 1.7.4, allowing an attacker to bypass the maximum PIN attempt lockout mechanism. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this local vulnerability (AV:L) requires low privileges (PR:L) and low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to a denial of service (A:H) or limited integrity impact (I:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
8.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.1 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 / r/en-us/pingid/desktop_app_1.7.4
Release Notes