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CVE-2026-49289
Published:July 02, 2026
Updated:July 06, 2026
Summary This library turned out to be vulnerable to Denial-of-Service attacks using XPath transforms. A mitigation has been put in place to restrict the number of transforms and to restrict transforms to only the transform-algorithms mentioned in the SAML 2.0 Core Specifications (and specifically refuse XPath transforms). Impact An attacker is able to send specially crafted messages to any entity relying on SimpleSAMLphp (or directly on this SAML2-library) to be able to perform a Denial-of-Service attack.
Affected Packages
simplesamlphp/saml2 (PHP):
Affected version(s) =v4.20.2 <v4.20.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v4.20.3
simplesamlphp/saml2 (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=dev-release-1.x <v4.20.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v4.20.3
simplesamlphp/saml2-legacy (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=dev-release-4.x <v4.20.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v4.20.3
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption