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SCA: security update for passport-wsfed-saml2 (GHSA-77fw-rf4v-vfp9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411895

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A vulnerability has been discovered in the Auth0 passport-wsfed-saml2 library affecting versions < 3.0.5.
 This vulnerability allows an attacker to impersonate another user and potentially elevate their privileges
 if the SAML identity provider does not sign the full SAML response (e.g., only signs the assertion within
 the response). (CVE-2017-16897)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-77fw-rf4v-vfp9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411895

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.98

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16897

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16897

cwe: CWE-290