The SimpleSAMLphp SAML2 library is a PHP library for SAML2 related functionality. Prior to versions 4.19.3, 4.20.2, 5.0.6, and 6.2.1, the HTTPArtifact::receive() flow can treat an unsigned embedded SAML Response as cryptographically valid for the wrong identity provider. SOAPClient::addSSLValidator() attaches a TLS-based validator to the outer SOAP ArtifactResponse, while the embedded Response receives a validator that delegates to the outer message and is later checked against metadata selected from the embedded response issuer rather than necessarily the artifact issuer. SOAPClient::validateSSL() returns normally when the TLS public key does not match the key being validated, and SAML2\Message::validate() treats a validator call that does not throw as successful. In a multi-IdP federation, a malicious or lower-trust IdP can therefore provide an ArtifactResponse containing an unsigned Response that claims a higher-trust victim IdP as issuer and authenticate as arbitrary users with attacker-chosen assertion attributes, NameID, and session data. This issue is fixed in versions 4.19.3, 4.20.2, 5.0.6, and 6.2.1.
Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-6929-8p9f-26jx | SimpleSAMLphp HTTP-Artifact TLS validator confusion allows cross-IdP authentication bypass |
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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000
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| Description | The SimpleSAMLphp SAML2 library is a PHP library for SAML2 related functionality. Prior to versions 4.19.3, 4.20.2, 5.0.6, and 6.2.1, the HTTPArtifact::receive() flow can treat an unsigned embedded SAML Response as cryptographically valid for the wrong identity provider. SOAPClient::addSSLValidator() attaches a TLS-based validator to the outer SOAP ArtifactResponse, while the embedded Response receives a validator that delegates to the outer message and is later checked against metadata selected from the embedded response issuer rather than necessarily the artifact issuer. SOAPClient::validateSSL() returns normally when the TLS public key does not match the key being validated, and SAML2\Message::validate() treats a validator call that does not throw as successful. In a multi-IdP federation, a malicious or lower-trust IdP can therefore provide an ArtifactResponse containing an unsigned Response that claims a higher-trust victim IdP as issuer and authenticate as arbitrary users with attacker-chosen assertion attributes, NameID, and session data. This issue is fixed in versions 4.19.3, 4.20.2, 5.0.6, and 6.2.1. | |
| Title | SimpleSAMLphp HTTP-Artifact TLS validator confusion allows cross-IdP authentication bypass | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-295 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-19T18:19:10.978Z
Reserved: 2026-05-28T20:07:58.861Z
Link: CVE-2026-49283
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-19T15:17:07.027
Modified: 2026-08-19T15:17:07.027
Link: CVE-2026-49283
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-19T18:00:05Z
Weaknesses
Github GHSA