What is CVE-2017-1000246?

CVE-2017-1000246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pysaml2 Project, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000246?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-1000246 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Pysaml2 Project

CVE-2017-1000246

Python package pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and earlier reuses the initialization vector across encryptions in the IDP server, resulting in weak encryption of data.

EPSS: 0.009 (56.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Pysaml2_project Pysaml2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000246?: CVE-2017-1000246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pysaml2 Project, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000246?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-1000246 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.