GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-6vx8-pcwv-xhf4 SignXML's signature verification with HMAC is vulnerable to an algorithm confusion attack

MEDIUM Published 2025-06-05 Modified 2025-06-05 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-48994
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
signxml
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-303
Reviewed
2025-06-05

Affected packages

• PyPI signxml: < 4.0.4 → fixed in 4.0.4

Description

When verifying signatures with X509 certificate validation turned off and HMAC shared secret set (`signxml.XMLVerifier.verify(require_x509=False, hmac_key=...`), prior versions of SignXML are vulnerable to a potential algorithm confusion attack. Unless the user explicitly limits the expected signature algorithms using the `signxml.XMLVerifier.verify(expect_config=...)` setting, an attacker may supply a signature unexpectedly signed with a key other than the provided HMAC key, using a different (asymmetric key) signature algorithm. Starting with signxml 4.0.4, specifying `hmac_key` causes the set of accepted signature algorithms to be restricted to HMAC only, if not already restricted by the user.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-48994 SignXML is an implementation of the W3C XML Signature standard in Python. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-303 Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm weakness

References