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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10127

PySAML2 allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted SAML XML request or response.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-10127

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Mar 2017, 15:59 UTC

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",
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  "published_at": "2017-03-03T15:59:00.21+00:00"
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