python-pysaml2 — security advisory
PySAML2 before 5.0.0 does not check that the signature in a SAML document is enveloped and thus signature wrapping is effective, i.e., it is affected by XML Signature Wrapping (XSW). The signature information and the node/object that is signed can be in different places and thus the signature verification will succeed, but the wrong data will be used. This specifically affects the verification of assertion that have been signed.
- Products
- python-pysaml2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.5.0-7
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-5390
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 14:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
PySAML2 before 5.0.0 does not check that the signature in a SAML document is enveloped and thus signature wrapping is effective, i.e., it is affected by XML Signature Wrapping (XSW). The signature information and the node/object that is signed can be in different places and thus the signature verification will succeed, but the wrong data will be used. This specifically affects the verification of assertion that have been signed.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-5390
python-pysaml2
Fixed versions: 4.5.0-7
python-pysaml2
Fixed versions: 4.5.0-7
python-pysaml2
Fixed versions: 4.5.0-7
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:50.480291102Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 453133,
"published_at": "2020-01-13T19:15:12.413+00:00"
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