CVE-2025-20628
Insufficient granularity of access control for Remote Connector Servers in client mode
02 Description
Insufficient granularity of access control for Remote Connector Servers in client mode
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 14.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.9 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-24.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-04-07 22:33Z6 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 15:16Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-01-13
- Assigning CNA
- Ping Identity
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1220Insufficient Granularity of Access ControlBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 98bbf802b615580f2dab73eb0ce98f7eeaee5d087aea645dd348db8359789857
05 Affected products
06 References
- backstage.forgerock.comhttps://backstage.forgerock.com/knowledge/advisories/article/a14305629?rev=_newest
- backstage.pingidentity.comhttps://backstage.pingidentity.com/downloads/browse/idm/featured
07 Remediation
Both of the following steps are required to mitigate the issue: * Upgrade to one of the fixed versions listed previously. * Secure the /openicf endpoint using the new access and authentication configuration options (refer to migration dependent features https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingoneaic/latest/product-information/migration-dependent-features.html#current_migration_dependent_features for more details).