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CVE-2017-1000433

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and older accept any password when run with python optimizations enabled. This allows attackers to log in as any user without knowing their password.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• IdentityPython pysaml2: through 4.4.0

References

• https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/451
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00000.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00038.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-11
• https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/451
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00000.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00038.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-11

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