CVE-2025-21085 (GCVE-0-2025-21085)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-15 14:25 – Updated: 2025-06-16 18:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
PingFederate OAuth Grant attribute duplication may use excessive memory
Summary
PingFederate OAuth2 grant duplication in PostgreSQL persistent storage allows OAuth2 requests to use excessive memory utilization.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-16 18:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-462 - Duplicate Key in Associative List
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://support.pingidentity.com/s/article/PingFe… | mitigation |
| https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloa… | patch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ping Identity | PingFederate |
Affected:
12.2.0 , < 12.2.4
(custom)
Affected: 12.1.0 , < 12.1.9 (custom) Affected: 12.0 , < 12.0.9 (custom) Affected: 11.3.0 , < 11.3.13 (custom) |
guessed |
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