Pysaml2 does not sanitize XML responses · CVE-2016-10149 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Pysaml2 does not sanitize XML responses

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 16, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

pysaml2 (pip)

Affected versions

<= 4.4.0

Patched versions

4.5.0

Description

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PySAML2 4.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted SAML XML request or response.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 16, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

7.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N