CVE-2021-21239CWE-347

Open default xmlsec1 key-type preference

Medium · published January 21, 2021

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
70.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PySAML2 is a pure python implementation of SAML Version 2 Standard. PySAML2 before 6.5.0 has an improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability. Users of pysaml2 that use the default CryptoBackendXmlSec1 backend and need to verify signed SAML documents are impacted. PySAML2 does not ensure that a signed SAML document is correctly signed. The default CryptoBackendXmlSec1 backend is using the xmlsec1 binary to verify the signature of signed SAML documents, but by default xmlsec1 accepts any type of key found within the given document. xmlsec1 needs to be configured explicitly to only use only _x509 certificates_ for the verification process of the SAML document signature. This is fixed in PySAML2 6.5.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01291 · 70.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-347 · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Published
2021-01-21T14:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JAN 14:15Z
    Open default xmlsec1 key-type preference
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