What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-10149?

CVE-2016-10149 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.5 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.0%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-10149?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2016-10149. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Pysaml2 CVE-2016-10149

HIGH

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611)

2017-03-24 cve@mitre.org

XXE Pysaml2 Debian Linux

7.5

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Mar 24, 2017 - 14:59 cve.org

HIGH 7.5

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

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PySAML2 4.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted SAML XML request or response.

AnalysisAI

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PySAML2 4.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted SAML XML request or response. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, 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. XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PySAML2 4.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted SAML XML request or response. Affected products include: Pysaml2 Project Pysaml2, Debian Debian Linux.

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.