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SCA: security update for simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp (GHSA-j96g-47x2-46hv)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433059

Description

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

 - The secureCompare method in lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto.php in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.13 and earlier, when
 used with PHP before 5.6, allows attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or possibly bypass
 authentication by leveraging missing character conversions before an XOR operation. (CVE-2017-12868)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j96g-47x2-46hv

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 433059

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-2017-12868

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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12868

cwe: CWE-384