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CVE-2016-9955
The SimpleSAML_XML_Validator class constructor in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.11 might allow remote attackers to spoof signatures on SAML 1…
Medium6.3EPSS 1.2%
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- debian
Description
The SimpleSAML_XML_Validator class constructor in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.11 might allow remote attackers to spoof signatures on SAML 1 responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistsimplesamlphp/simplesamlphpGHSA-p9cm-r7jg-8q3g (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201612-02 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94946 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180302 [SECURITY] [DLA 1297-1] simplesamlphp security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p9cm-r7jg-8q3g (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .