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SCA: security update for passport-wsfed-saml2 (GHSA-wjmp-wphq-jvqf)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434716

Description

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

 - passport-wsfed-saml2 provides passport strategy for both WS-fed and SAML2 protocol. A vulnerability
 present starting in version 3.0.5 up to and including version 4.6.3 allows an attacker to impersonate any
 user during SAML authentication by crafting a SAMLResponse. This can be done by using a valid SAML object
 that was signed by the configured IdP. Users are affected specifically when the service provider is using
 passport-wsfed-saml2 and a valid SAML document signed by the Identity Provider can be obtained. Version
 4.6.4 contains a fix for the vulnerability. (CVE-2025-46572)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjmp-wphq-jvqf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 434716

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.8

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-2025-46572

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-46572