CVE-2023-48703

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2024-08-05. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

RobotsAndPencils go-saml, a SAML client library written in Go, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in all known versions. This is due to how the xmlsec1 command line tool is called internally to verify the signature of SAML assertions. When xmlsec1 is used without defining the enabled key data, the origin of the public key for the signature verification is, unfortunately, not restricted. That means an attacker can sign the SAML assertions themselves and provide the required public key (e.g. an RSA key) directly embedded in the SAML token. Projects still using RobotsAndPencils/go-saml should move to another SAML library or alternatively remove support for SAML from their projects. The vulnerability can likely temporarily be fixed by forking the go-saml project and adding the command line argument --enabled-key-data and specifying a value such as x509 or raw-x509-cert when calling the xmlsec1 binary in the verify function. Please note that this workaround must be carefully tested before it can be used.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
43.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 6, 2024

Last Modified

December 4, 2025

References (2)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
gogithub.com/RobotsAndPencils/go-saml—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-48703?
CVE-2023-48703 is a high vulnerability published on March 6, 2024. RobotsAndPencils go-saml, a SAML client library written in Go, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in all known versions. This is due to how the xmlsec1 command line tool is called internally to verify the signature of SAML assertions. When xmlsec1 is used without defining the enabled…
When was CVE-2023-48703 disclosed?
CVE-2023-48703 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 6, 2024, with the most recent update on December 4, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-48703 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-48703 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 43.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-48703?
CVE-2023-48703 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-48703?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-48703, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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