CVE-2023-40545 PingFederate OAuth client_secret_jwt Authentication Bypass
Attackers can bypass authentication in PingFederate OAuth client_secret_jwt flows via crafted requests, requiring immediate patching.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-40545?
CVE-2023-40545 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in PingFederate, published on 6 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Authentication bypass when an OAuth2 Client is using client_secret_jwt as its authentication method on affected 11.3 versions via specially crafted requests.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40545?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pingidentity Pingfederate.
How do I fix CVE-2023-40545?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2023-40545 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40545 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in PingFederate
- CVE-2021-40329 The Authentication API in Ping Identity PingFederate before 10.3 mishandles certain aspects of external password management.
- CVE-2023-37283 Authentication Bypass via HTML Form & Identifier First Adapter
- CVE-2022-40722 Misconfiguration of RSA padding for offline MFA in the PingID Adapter for PingFederate.
- CVE-2023-39219 Admin Console Denial of Service via Java class enumeration
- CVE-2021-41770 XML external entity in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-37j2-h4x2-rp3v.