CVE-2016-10149

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PySAML2 4.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted SAML XML request or response.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
IdentityPython pysaml2: through 4.4.0

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3759
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/19/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97692
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0936
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0937
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0938
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850716
https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/commit/6e09a25d9b4b7aa7a506853210a9a14100b8bc9b
https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/366
https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/pull/379
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3759
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/19/5

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