{"id":"CVE-2021-42001","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-42001","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:52:09.550Z","title":"PingID Desktop prior to 1.7.3 has a misconfiguration in the encryption libraries which can lead to sensitive data exposure.","description":"PingID Desktop prior to 1.7.3 has a misconfiguration in the encryption libraries which can lead to sensitive data exposure. An attacker capable of exploiting this vulnerability may be able to successfully complete an MFA challenge via OTP.","published":"2022-04-30T22:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:09:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"responsible-disclosure@pingidentity.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-310"],"affected":["pingidentity/pingid desktop"],"epss":{"score":0.00505,"percentile":0.42895,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.pingidentity.com/bundle/pingid/page/dyt1645545885978.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"responsible-disclosure@pingidentity.com"},{"url":"https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingid.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"responsible-disclosure@pingidentity.com"},{"url":"https://docs.pingidentity.com/bundle/pingid/page/dyt1645545885978.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingid.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42001","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}