Critical
Security advisory
OmniAuth OmnitAuth-SAML 1.9.0 and earlier may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the attack to potentially bypass authentication to SAML service providers.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-11430
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
OmniAuth OmnitAuth-SAML 1.9.0 and earlier may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the attack to potentially bypass authentication to SAML service providers.
osv:CVE-2017-11430
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11430",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
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"summary": "OmniAuth OmnitAuth-SAML 1.9.0 and earlier may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the attack to potentially bypass authentication to SAML service providers.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-11430",
"products": [],
"severity": "critical",
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-11430",
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"metrics": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
}
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"affected": [
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"type": "GIT",
"events": [
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},
{
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}
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}
]
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"versions": [
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"v1.8.0",
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"v1.4.2",
"v1.4.1",
"v1.4.0",
"v1.3.1",
"v1.3.0",
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"v1.1.0",
"v1.0.0",
"v0.9.2",
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"database_specific": {
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:26.142487203Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/475445",
"https://duo.com/blog/duo-finds-saml-vulnerabilities-affecting-multiple-implementations"
],
"provider_metadata": {}
},
"related_cves": [
{
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"evidence": "/id"
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],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 431548,
"published_at": "2019-04-17T14:29:00.433+00:00"
}