CVE-2022-39299 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Passport-SAML, a SAML 2.0 authentication provider for Node.js. It allows a remote attacker to bypass SAML authentication by presenting an arbitrary IDP-signed XML element, potentially leading to fully unauthenticated attacks depending on the IDP. The CVSS score of 8.1 reflects a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but with high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to passport-saml version 3.2.2 or newer, or disable SAML authentication as a workaround.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:passport-saml_project:passport-saml:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:passport-saml_project:passport-saml:4.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:passport-saml_project:passport-saml:4.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:passport-saml_project:passport-saml:4.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:passport-saml_project:passport-saml:4.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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