CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-1000433
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-01-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and older accept any password when run with python optimizations enabled. This allows attackers to log in as any user without knowing their password.
Affected configurations
• pysaml2 project pysaml2 (<= 4.4.0)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/451 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-11 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/451 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-11 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory