Critical
Security advisory
PySAML2 allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted SAML XML request or response.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-10127
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
PySAML2 allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted SAML XML request or response.
osv:CVE-2016-10127
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:46:05.533097167Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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"https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/commit/6e09a25d9b4b7aa7a506853210a9a14100b8bc9b",
"https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/366",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2017-03-03T15:59:00.21+00:00"
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