Security advisory

{
  "id": "522203bcfd62925328d391b34bd69f769b7314ee70420dc8f21cd4f040aaec17",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12873",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-12873",
    "summary": "SimpleSAMLphp 1.7.0 through 1.14.10 might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information, gain unauthorized access, or have unspecified other impacts by leveraging incorrect persistent NameID generation when an Identity Provider (IdP) is misconfigured.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-12873",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-12873",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-12873",
        "GHSA-gp2m-7cfp-h6gf"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "30dc769de1486b6658891b9a4847587f14be3d53"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "da637c53962c13905eaae5ec9f33e658a237c284"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "90dca835158495b173808273e7df127303b8b953"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.7.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.14.10"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "90dca835158495b173808273e7df127303b8b953"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12873.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:47:28.582660086Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00007.html",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4127",
        "https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/90dca835158495b173808273e7df127303b8b953",
        "https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201612-04"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "1.7.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.14.10"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-12873",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441244,
  "published_at": "2017-09-01T21:29:00.593+00:00"
}