Impact
A remote attacker may be able to bypass SAML authentication on a website using passport-saml. A successful attack requires that the attacker is in possession of an arbitrary IDP signed XML element. Depending on the IDP used, fully unauthenticated attacks (e.g without access to a valid user) might also be feasible if generation of a signed message can be triggered.
Patches
Users should upgrade to passport-saml 3.2.2 or newer. The issue was also present in the beta releases of node-saml before v4.0.0-beta.5.
Workarounds
Disable SAML authentication.
References
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Credits
- Felix Wilhelm of Google Project Zero
felixwilhelm Analyst
Impact
A remote attacker may be able to bypass SAML authentication on a website using passport-saml. A successful attack requires that the attacker is in possession of an arbitrary IDP signed XML element. Depending on the IDP used, fully unauthenticated attacks (e.g without access to a valid user) might also be feasible if generation of a signed message can be triggered.
Patches
Users should upgrade to passport-saml 3.2.2 or newer. The issue was also present in the beta releases of
node-samlbefore v4.0.0-beta.5.Workarounds
Disable SAML authentication.
References
Are there any links users can visit to find out more?
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
Credits