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Pysaml2 CVE-2016-10127

CRITICAL
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611)
2017-03-03 security@debian.org
9.0
CVSS 3.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
9.0 CRITICAL
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
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Mar 03, 2017 - 15:59 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.0

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 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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