Where
AND
-Infinity
0
Severity
8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and older accept any password when run with python optimizations enabled. This allows attackers to log in as any user without knowing their password.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
XEE
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

An entity expansion vulnerability was found in python-pysaml2.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/commit/6e09a25d9b4b7aa7a506853210a9a14100b8bc9b

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/140

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Source: Red Hat
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