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GHSA-m9hp-7r99-94h5
Impact
The following vulnerabilities have been disclosed, which impact users leveraging the SAML connector:
Signature Validation Bypass (CVE-2020-15216): https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/security/advisories/GHSA-q547-gmf8-8jr7
encoding/xml instabilities:
- Element namespace prefix instability (CVE-2020-29511)
- Attribute namespace prefix instability (CVE-2020-29509)
- Directive comment instability (CVE-2020-29510)
Patches
Immediately update to Dex v2.27.0.
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds.
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The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.
Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
- CVE-2020-26290
Dex is a federated OpenID Connect provider written in Go. In Dex before version 2.27.0 there is a critical set of vulnerabilities which impacts users leveraging the SAML connector. The vulnerabilities enables potential signature bypass due to issues with XML encoding in the underlying Go library. The vulnerabilities have been addressed in version 2.27.0 by using the xml-roundtrip-validator from Mattermost (see related references).
Alias, EPSS 1.72% - CVE-2020-27847
A vulnerability exists in the SAML connector of the github.com/dexidp/dex library used to process SAML Signature Validation. This flaw allows an attacker to bypass SAML authentication. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. This flaw affects dex versions before 2.27.0.
Alias, EPSS 1.72% - EUVD-2021-2428Alias
- EUVD-2021-2551Alias
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