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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-20746 Detail

Description

Virtual attribute handling in Ping Identity PingDirectory in affected versions allows only authorized users to exhaust java memory heap when recent login history is enabled and copying virtual attributes that reference ds-privilege-name values.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  Ping Identity Corporation
CVSS-B 6.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/RE:M/U:Amber

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.0/release_notes/pd_release_notes.html#pingdirectory-suite-of-products-11-0-0-1-march-2026 Ping Identity Corporation
https://support.pingidentity.com/s/article/SECADV052-Denial-of-Service-via-copying-virtual-attributes Ping Identity Corporation
https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingdirectory-downloads.html Ping Identity Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Ping Identity Corporation  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-20746
NVD Published Date:
06/12/2026
NVD Last Modified:
06/12/2026
Source:
Ping Identity Corporation