CVE-2026-53424 (GCVE-0-2026-53424)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 17:27 – Updated: 2026-08-20 18:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Missing one-time-use enforcement in Samly allows replay of SAML bearer assertions
Summary
Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay vulnerability in dropbox samly allows an attacker to authenticate as the subject of a captured SAML assertion by resubmitting it.
Samly.Helper.decode_idp_auth_resp/3 in lib/samly/helper.ex calls esaml_sp:validate_assertion/2, whose default duplicate detector is a no-op. The /3 arity accepting a DuplicateFun exists in esaml and implements the check, but Samly never calls it and offers no configuration to supply one, so the SAML 2.0 Web Browser SSO Profile requirement that a bearer assertion be used once is unenforced. An attacker holding a valid SAMLResponse obtained from the network, from browser history, or from logs can submit the identical bytes repeatedly until the assertion's NotOnOrAfter passes, each time establishing a session as the assertion's subject.
This issue affects samly: from 0.3.0 onward.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-294 - Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-53424.html | relatedthird-party-advisory |
| https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-53424 | related |
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dropbox | samly |
Affected:
0.3.0 , < *
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:dropbox:samly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| dropbox | samly |
Affected:
8a5bb1b4a4753d05470da2036323477f63cfdf4c , < *
(git)
cpe:2.3:a:dropbox:samly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| handnot2 | samly |
Affected:
8a5bb1b4a4753d05470da2036323477f63cfdf4c , < *
(git)
cpe:2.3:a:handnot2:samly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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