CVE-2017-16897
high
CVSS v3
8.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.1
Description
passport-wsfed-saml2 vulnerable to Signature Bypass in SAML2 token
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
88%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | passport-wsfed-saml2 | <3.0.5 | 3.0.5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| auth0 | passport-wsfed-saml2 | {"endExcluding":"3.0.5"} | 3.0.5 |
References
- https://auth0.com/docs/security/bulletins/cve-2017-16897
- https://github.com/auth0/passport-wsfed-saml2/security/advisories/GHSA-77fw-rf4v-vfp9
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16897
- https://github.com/auth0/passport-wsfed-saml2/commit/520b9fc0bb4249ce83bec47e30153419f086ab70
- https://github.com/auth0/passport-wsfed-saml2
CWEs
CWE-290
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.