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CVE-2016-5697

Published: Jan 23, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-91
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 35.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Ruby-saml before 1.3.0 allows attackers to perform XML signature wrapping attacks via unspecified vectors.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-91

Affected Products

onelogin
commercial·USaka onelogin saml, onelogin saml sso
ruby-samlSaaS
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
RubyGems
package-ecosystem
ruby-saml
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/3
openwall.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5697
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/onelogin/ruby-saml/commit/a571f52171e6bfd87db59822d1d9e8c38fb3b995
github.com
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