CVE-2021-29108 (GCVE-0-2021-29108)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-01 14:41 – Updated: 2025-04-10 14:59
VLAI?
Title
There is an privilege escalation vulnerability in organization-specific logins in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.9 and below.
Summary
There is an privilege escalation vulnerability in organization-specific logins in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.9 and below that may allow a remote, authenticated attacker who is able to intercept and modify a SAML assertion to impersonate another account (XML Signature Wrapping Attack). In addition patching, Esri also strongly recommends as best practice for SAML assertions to be signed and encrypted.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Esri Portal for ArcGIS Affected: 10.9.0 , < <10.9.0 (10.9.0)
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Date Public ?
2021-07-15 14:09
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