CVE-2021-41770
7.5 HIGHPing Identity PingFederate before 10.3.1 mishandles pre-parsing validation, leading to an XXE attack that can achieve XML file disclosure
Published: 2021-10-07 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-611
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pingidentity | pingfederate |
Description
Ping Identity PingFederate before 10.3.1 mishandles pre-parsing validation, leading to an XXE attack that can achieve XML file disclosure.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41770
- [Other]https://docs.pingidentity.com/bundle/pingfederate-103/page/ruz1628492711606.html
- [Other]https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingfederate.html
- [Other]https://docs.pingidentity.com/bundle/pingfederate-103/page/ruz1628492711606.html
- [Other]https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingfederate.html
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