XML signature wrapping attack
Published: June 24, 2016
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2016-5697 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-36p7-xjw8-h6f2
- Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/onelogin/ruby-saml/commit/a571f52171e6bfd87db59822d1d9e8c38fb3b995
GEM
SEVERITY
PATCHED VERSIONS
>= 1.3.0
DESCRIPTION
ruby-saml prior to version 1.3.0 is vulnerable to an XML signature wrapping attack in the specific scenario where there was a signature that referenced at the same time 2 elements (but past the scheme validator process since 1 of the element was inside the encrypted assertion).
ruby-saml users must update to 1.3.0, which implements 3 extra validations to mitigate this kind of attack.
