CVE-2025-22854 Possible thread exhaustion from processing http responses in PingFederate Google Adapter
Attackers can cause thread exhaustion in PingFederate by triggering improper handling of non-200 HTTP responses in the Google Adapter.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-22854?
CVE-2025-22854 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in PingFederate, published on 15 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper handling of non-200 http responses in the PingFederate Google Adapter leads to thread exhaustion under normal usage conditions.
Weakness: CWE-394
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22854?
How do I fix CVE-2025-22854?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22854 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-22854 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22854 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p8q7-x4rw-5v8m.