# CVE-2022-23724: PingID Integration for Windows Login MFA Bypass

> Attackers with compromised credentials can bypass MFA and take over accounts due to static encryption keys in PingID Windows Login integration.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 May 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6925-q744-qcx6

## What is CVE-2022-23724?

CVE-2022-23724 is a medium-severity vulnerability in PingID Integration for Windows Login, published on 4 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Use of static encryption key material allows forging an authentication token to other users within a tenant organization. MFA may be bypassed by redirecting an authentication flow to a target user. To exploit the vulnerability, must have compromised user credentials.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), CWE-310, CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23724?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pingidentity Pingid Integration for Windows Login.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23724?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23724 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-23724 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in PingID Integration for Windows Login

- [CVE-2020-25826](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25826/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-23725](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23725/): Information disclosure in PingID Windows Login (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2021-41992](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41992/): PingID Windows Login RSA cryptographic weakness with possible offline MFA bypass (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2022-23718](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23718/): PingID Windows Login prior to 2.8 uses known vulnerable components that can lead to remote code execution (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2022-23720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23720/): Hardcoded credentials in PingID Windows Login (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23724 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23724 is a medium-severity vulnerability in PingID Integration for Windows Login, published on 4 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PingID Integration for Windows Login. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23724/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23724/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23724
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23724
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23724

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23724/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.