Signature Wrapping Vulnerability with spring-security-saml2-service-provider
CVE-2020-5407

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Spring By Vmware
Status
Spring Security
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 May 2020

Summary

Spring Security versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.4 and 5.3.x prior to 5.3.2 contain a signature wrapping vulnerability during SAML response validation. When using the spring-security-saml2-service-provider component, a malicious user can carefully modify an otherwise valid SAML response and append an arbitrary assertion that Spring Security will accept as valid.

Affected Version(s)

Spring Security 5.2 < 5.2.4

Spring Security 5.3 < 5.3.2

References

EPSS Score

1% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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