CVE-2020-27978 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Shibboleth Identity Provider 3.x before version 3.4.6. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger Java heap exhaustion by initiating a login flow, leading to service disruption. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0.0, < 3.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:identity_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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