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CVE-2021-21239: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in PySAML2

January 21, 2021 (updated October 14, 2024)

All users of pysaml2 that use the default CryptoBackendXmlSec1 backend and need to verify signed SAML documents are impacted. pysaml2 <= 6.4.1 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.

References

  • github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2
  • github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/commit/46578df0695269a16f1c94171f1429873f90ed99
  • github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/releases/tag/v6.5.0
  • github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/security/advisories/GHSA-5p3x-r448-pc62
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-5p3x-r448-pc62
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pysaml2/PYSEC-2021-49.yaml
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00038.html
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21239
  • pypi.org/project/pysaml2
  • www.aleksey.com/pipermail/xmlsec/2013/009717.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.5.0

Fixed versions

  • 6.5.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.5.0 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Source file

pypi/pysaml2/CVE-2021-21239.yml

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