CVE-2023-40178: Insufficient Session Expiration

August 23, 2023 (updated September 5, 2023)

Node-SAML is a SAML library not dependent on any frameworks that runs in Node. The lack of checking of current timestamp allows a LogoutRequest XML to be reused multiple times even when the current time is past the NotOnOrAfter. This could impact the user where they would be logged out from an expired LogoutRequest. In bigger contexts, if LogoutRequests are sent out in mass to different SPs, this could impact many users on a large scale. This issue was patched in version 4.0.5.

References

github.com/node-saml/node-saml/commit/045e3b9c54211fdb95f96edf363679845b195cec
github.com/node-saml/node-saml/releases/tag/v4.0.5
github.com/node-saml/node-saml/security/advisories/GHSA-vx8m-6fhw-pccw
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40178

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