Pysaml2
CVE-2016-10127
CRITICAL
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 3 pypi packages depend on pysaml2 (3 direct, 0 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 4.5.0.
DescriptionCVE.org
PySAML2 allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted SAML XML request or response.
AnalysisAI
PySAML2 allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted SAML XML request or response. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. PySAML2 allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted SAML XML request or response. Affected products include: Pysaml2 Project Pysaml2.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.
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PySAML2 is a pure python implementation of SAML Version 2 Standard. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability
Python package pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and earlier reuses the initialization vector across encryptions in the IDP server,
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