Description
ruby-saml provides security assertion markup language (SAML) single sign-on (SSO) for Ruby. An authentication bypass vulnerability was found in ruby-saml prior to versions 1.12.4 and 1.18.0 due to a parser differential. ReXML and Nokogiri parse XML differently, the parsers can generate entirely different document structures from the same XML input. That allows an attacker to be able to execute a Signature Wrapping attack. This issue may lead to authentication bypass. Versions 1.12.4 and 1.18.0 contain a patch for the issue.
Problem types
CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
CWE-436: Interpretation Conflict
Product status
>= 1.13.0, < 1.18.0
References
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250314-0009/
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portswigger.net/...arch/saml-roulette-the-hacker-always-wins
securitylab.github.com/...L-2024-329_GHSL-2024-330_ruby-saml