CVE-2020-26290
Critical security issues in XML encoding in Dex
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- Dec 28, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 1, 2020
Description
Dex is a federated OpenID Connect provider written in Go. In Dex before version 2.27.0 there is a critical set of vulnerabilities which impacts users leveraging the SAML connector. The vulnerabilities enables potential signature bypass due to issues with XML encoding in the underlying Go library. The vulnerabilities have been addressed in version 2.27.0 by using the xml-roundtrip-validator from Mattermost (see related references).
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.3 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
dexdexidp |
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References
- https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-directives.md
- https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-elements.md
- https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-attributes.md
- https://mattermost.com/blog/coordinated-disclosure-go-xml-vulnerabilities/
- https://github.com/dexidp/dex/security/advisories/GHSA-m9hp-7r99-94h5
- https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/security/advisories/GHSA-q547-gmf8-8jr7
- https://github.com/dexidp/dex/commit/324b1c886b407594196113a3dbddebe38eecd4e8
- https://github.com/dexidp/dex/releases/tag/v2.27.0
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