CVE-2021-39171
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-27 22:05
Modified
2024-08-04 01:58
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
Unlimited transforms allowed for signed nodes
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/node-saml/passport-saml/pull/595Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/node-saml/passport-saml/security/advisories/GHSA-5379-r78w-42h2Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
node-samlpassport-saml
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