Medium 6.3Published Jun 11, 2026

CVE-2026-20746PingDirectory copying of virtual attributes leads to memory exhaustion

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 8:40 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 6.3 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-401
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Ping Identity
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Aug 28, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Ping Identity PingDirectory ping_identity:pingdirectory (from the name)	from 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.8; from 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.0.5; from 10.2.0.0 through 10.2.0.5; from 10.3.0.0 through 10.3.0.3; from 11.0.0.0 before 11.0.0.1	CNA record

References

References

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

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