CVE-2023-40545 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Ping Identity PingFederate 11.3 when an OAuth2 Client uses client_secret_jwt for authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) through specially crafted network requests, requiring no user interaction. While the vulnerability is severe and has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 76/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:11.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.3.0, <= 11.3.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingfederate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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