CVE-2026-89043
passport-saml-encrypted through 0.1.13 contains an XML signature wrapping vulnerability where signature verification and assertion extraction use independent XPath lookups with no cross-validation.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
passport-saml-encrypted through 0.1.13 contains an XML signature wrapping vulnerability where signature verification and assertion extraction use independent XPath lookups with no cross-validation. Attackers holding any validly signed SAML message can prepend a forged unsigned assertion that gets accepted as the verified identity while the genuine signature validates against the original assertion.
- CVSS 4.0
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-347
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
- https://github.com/krakenjs/passport-saml-encrypted
- https://github.com/krakenjs/passport-saml-encrypted/blob/v0.1.13/lib/saml.js#L256
- https://github.com/krakenjs/passport-saml-encrypted/blob/v0.1.13/lib/saml.js#L328
- https://github.com/krakenjs/passport-saml-encrypted/issues/30
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/passport-saml-encrypted-through-0.1.13-xml-signature-wrapping-via-assertion-prepending
- https://github.com/krakenjs/passport-saml-encrypted/issues/30
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.