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SCA: security update for ruby-saml (GHSA-rrqh-93c8-j966)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428686

Description

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

 - The Ruby SAML library is for implementing the client side of a SAML authorization. In versions 1.18.0 and
 below, a denial-of-service vulnerability exists in ruby-saml even with the message_max_bytesize setting
 configured. The vulnerability occurs because the SAML response is validated for Base64 format prior to
 checking the message size, leading to potential resource exhaustion. This is fixed in version 1.18.1.
 (CVE-2025-54572)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrqh-93c8-j966

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 428686

Version: Revision 1.15

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/30/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54572

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54572