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SCA: security update for pysaml2 (GHSA-m269-wj6g-c459)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416645

Description

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

 - PySAML2 allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted SAML XML
 request or response. (CVE-2016-10127)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m269-wj6g-c459

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 416645

Version: Revision 1.8

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: 5

Percentile: 95.09

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10127

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Threat Score: 7.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10127

BID: 95376

cwe: CWE-611