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CVE-2022-23505: Authentication Bypass for WSFed

December 13, 2022 (updated July 14, 2023)

Passport-wsfed-saml2 is a ws-federation protocol and SAML2 tokens authentication provider for Passport. In versions prior to 4.6.3, a remote attacker may be able to bypass WSFed authentication on a website using passport-wsfed-saml2. A successful attack requires that the attacker is in possession of an arbitrary IDP signed assertion. Depending on the IDP used, fully unauthenticated attacks (e.g without access to a valid user) might also be feasible if generation of a signed message can be triggered. This issue is patched in version 4.6.3. Use of SAML2 authentication instead of WSFed is a workaround.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-ppjq-qxhx-m25f
  • github.com/auth0/passport-wsfed-saml2/pull/179
  • github.com/auth0/passport-wsfed-saml2/security/advisories/GHSA-ppjq-qxhx-m25f
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23505

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Affected versions

All versions up to 4.6.2

Fixed versions

  • 4.6.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.3 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Source file

npm/passport-wsfed-saml2/CVE-2022-23505.yml

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