PyPi: Pysaml2

CVE-2021-21239

Safety vulnerability ID: 39498

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Created at Jan 21, 2021 Updated at Nov 29, 2024
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Advisory

PySAML2 is a pure python implementation of SAML Version 2 Standard. PySAML2 before 6.5.0 has an improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability. Users of pysaml2 that use the default CryptoBackendXmlSec1 backend and need to verify signed SAML documents are impacted. PySAML2 does not ensure that a signed SAML document is correctly signed. The default CryptoBackendXmlSec1 backend is using the xmlsec1 binary to verify the signature of signed SAML documents, but by default xmlsec1 accepts any type of key found within the given document. xmlsec1 needs to be configured explicitly to only use only _x509 certificates_ for the verification process of the SAML document signature. This is fixed in PySAML2 6.5.0. See CVE-2021-21239.

Affected package

pysaml2

Latest version: 7.5.0

Python implementation of SAML Version 2 Standard

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

PySAML2 is a pure python implementation of SAML Version 2 Standard. PySAML2 before 6.5.0 has an improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability. Users of pysaml2 that use the default CryptoBackendXmlSec1 backend and need to verify signed SAML documents are impacted. PySAML2 does not ensure that a signed SAML document is correctly signed. The default CryptoBackendXmlSec1 backend is using the xmlsec1 binary to verify the signature of signed SAML documents, but by default xmlsec1 accepts any type of key found within the given document. xmlsec1 needs to be configured explicitly to only use only _x509 certificates_ for the verification process of the SAML document signature. This is fixed in PySAML2 6.5.0. See CVE-2021-21239.


CONFIRM:https://github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/security/advisories/GHSA-5p3x-r448-pc62: https://github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/security/advisories/GHSA-5p3x-r448-pc62
MISC:https://github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/commit/46578df0695269a16f1c94171f1429873f90ed99: https://github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/commit/46578df0695269a16f1c94171f1429873f90ed99
MISC:https://github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/releases/tag/v6.5.0: https://github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/releases/tag/v6.5.0
MISC:https://pypi.org/project/pysaml2: https://pypi.org/project/pysaml2
MISC:https://www.aleksey.com/pipermail/xmlsec/2013/009717.html: https://www.aleksey.com/pipermail/xmlsec/2013/009717.html

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

MEDIUM 6.5

CVSS v3 Details

MEDIUM 6.5
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
REQUIRED
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
HIGH
Availability Availability (A)
NONE

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 4.3
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
MEDIUM
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
NONE