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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-49289 (CVE-2026-49289)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-08-19 15:17 – Updated: 2026-09-15 17:47 – Source website

Details

The SimpleSAMLphp SAML2 library is a PHP library for SAML2 related functionality. In 4.19.2 and 4.20.2, the library permits attacker-controlled XPath transforms while processing XML signatures in specially crafted SAML messages. XPath evaluation can consume uncontrolled processing resources, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to deny service to any entity relying on SimpleSAMLphp or directly on the SAML2 library. The mitigation limits the number of transforms, permits only transform algorithms identified by the SAML 2.0 Core specification, and specifically rejects XPath transforms. This issue is fixed in versions 4.19.3 and 4.20.3.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-49289	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49289	REPORT

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CVE-2026-49289 (GCVE-0-2026-49289)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 14:48 – Updated: 2026-08-19 18:04

Title

SimpleSAMLphp SAML2: Possible DoS via XPath Transform

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-19 18:04 UTC

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/simplesamlphp/saml2/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/simplesamlphp/saml2/commit/004…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/simplesamlphp/saml2/commit/669…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
simplesamlphp	saml2	Affected: >= 4.19.2, < 4.19.3 Affected: >= 4.20.2, < 4.20.3

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