What is GHSA-qpxp-5j56-gg3x?

GHSA-qpxp-5j56-gg3x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. samlr XML nodes comment attack

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-qpxp-5j56-gg3x cover?

GHSA-qpxp-5j56-gg3x covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2018-20857. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-qpxp-5j56-gg3x?

GHSA-qpxp-5j56-gg3x has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-qpxp-5j56-gg3x?

GHSA-qpxp-5j56-gg3x affects 1 product, including: rubygems/samlr:\u003c 2.6.2.

GHSA-qpxp-5j56-gg3xHighCVSS 7.5

samlr XML nodes comment attack

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 31, 2019

Last Modified

August 17, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2018-20857 →

📋 Description

Zendesk Samlr before 2.6.2 allows an XML nodes comment attack such as a name_id node with [email protected] followed by . and then the attacker's domain name.

🎯 Affected products1

rubygems/samlr:< 2.6.2

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20857
https://github.com/zendesk/samlr/compare/v2.6.1...v2.6.2
https://github.com/zendesk/samlr/pull/29
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/samlr/CVE-2018-20857.yml
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qpxp-5j56-gg3x