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SCA: security update for simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp (GHSA-gp2m-7cfp-h6gf)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432870

Description

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

 - SimpleSAMLphp 1.7.0 through 1.14.10 might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information, gain
 unauthorized access, or have unspecified other impacts by leveraging incorrect persistent NameID
 generation when an Identity Provider (IdP) is misconfigured. (CVE-2017-12873)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gp2m-7cfp-h6gf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 432870

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12873

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 1/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12873

cwe: CWE-384