Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-20773 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-20773 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-20773?
- Informational severity, published 14 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Ping Identity PingFederate.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-20773?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-20773 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-20773?
- Check whether you run Ping Identity PingFederate. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A role-based access control (RBAC) vulnerability exists in PingFederate's administrative expression evaluation endpoint. The vulnerability allows users with certain administrative roles to bypass authorization checks and access expression testing capabilities beyond their intended permissions. This is an improper authorization flaw in a sensitive administrative feature. The attack vector requires network access and valid administrative credentials. An attacker with an affected administrative role could evaluate expressions they are not authorized to access, potentially leading to information disclosure or privilege escalation within the administrative interface.
Affected products
- Ping Identity PingFederate
Timeline
- 2026-09-14: disclosed