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CVE-2020-5407: Signature Wrapping Vulnerability with spring-security-saml2-service-provider
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2020-05-13 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-347
Description
Spring Security versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.4 and 5.3.x prior to 5.3.2 contain a signature wrapping vulnerability during SAML response validation. When using the spring-security-saml2-service-provider component, a malicious user can carefully modify an otherwise valid SAML response and append an arbitrary assertion that Spring Security will accept as valid.
Affected products
- Spring by VMware Spring Security: from 5.2.0 before 5.2.4; from 5.3.0 before 5.3.2 — fixed in 5.2.4, 5.3.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring by VMware Spring Security 5.2.4, 5.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73af928cf64bebf78b7fa4bc56a5253273ec7829f5f5827f64c72fc7%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra19a4e7236877fe12bfb52db07b27ad72d9e7a9f5e27bba7e928e18a%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd99601fbca514f214f88f9e53fd5be3cfbff05b350c994b4ec2e184c%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5407
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73af928cf64bebf78b7fa4bc56a5253273ec7829f5f5827f64c72fc7%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra19a4e7236877fe12bfb52db07b27ad72d9e7a9f5e27bba7e928e18a%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd99601fbca514f214f88f9e53fd5be3cfbff05b350c994b4ec2e184c%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5407
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
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