MojoX::Authentication versions before 0.006 for Perl allow SAML authentication bypass because...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
MojoX::Authentication versions before 0.006 for Perl allow SAML authentication bypass because parse_assertion builds Net::SAML2::Binding::POST without a trust anchor.
parse_assertion in MojoX::Authentication::Model::SAML2 calls Net::SAML2::Binding::POST->new with no cacert, cert_text or anchors argument, then passes the returned XML to Net::SAML2::Protocol::Assertion->new_from_xml with the IdP signing certificate as cacert. In Net::SAML2 before 0.86 that certificate guards only encrypted assertions, so the signature on an unencrypted assertion is checked against the certificate the response itself carries.
An attacker starts a SAML login, then posts a response signed with a certificate of their own. The audience, InResponseTo and timestamp checks that follow are all satisfiable by the attacker, so the response authenticates any NameID it carries.
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86304
- https://metacpan.org/release/POLETTIX/MojoX-Authentication-0.004/source/lib/MojoX/Authentication/Model/SAML2.pm#L188
- https://metacpan.org/release/POLETTIX/MojoX-Authentication-0.006/source/Changes
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18089
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-34pg-3x4x-4vf5