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Security advisory
SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.12 and earlier make it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging use of the aesEncrypt and aesDecrypt methods in the SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto class to protect session identifiers in replies to non-HTTPS service providers.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-12870
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- 1 Nov 2026, 06:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.12 and earlier make it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging use of the aesEncrypt and aesDecrypt methods in the SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto class to protect session identifiers in replies to non-HTTPS service providers.
osv:CVE-2017-12870
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:44.232372394Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 435827,
"published_at": "2017-09-01T13:29:00.333+00:00"
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