What is CVE-2018-1000165?

CVE-2018-1000165 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightsaml, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000165?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Lightsaml

CVE-2018-1000165

LightSAML version prior to 1.3.5 contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in signature validation in readers in src/LightSaml/Model/XmlDSig/ that can result in impersonation of any user from Identity Provider. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.3.5 and later.

EPSS: 0.013 (66.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Lightsaml
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000165?: CVE-2018-1000165 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightsaml, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000165?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.