CVE-2026-89043

passport-saml-encrypted through 0.1.13 XML Signature Wrapping via Assertion Prepending

Published Sep 10, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 9.1 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
passport-saml-encrypted through 0.1.13 contains an XML signature wrapping vulnerability where signature verification and assertion extraction use independent XPath lookups with no cross-validation. Attackers holding any validly signed SAML message can prepend a forged unsigned assertion that gets accepted as the verified identity while the genuine signature validates against the original assertion.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Krakenjs
Krakenjs passport-saml-encrypted
Vendors & Products Krakenjs
Krakenjs passport-saml-encrypted
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description passport-saml-encrypted through 0.1.13 contains an XML signature wrapping vulnerability where signature verification and assertion extraction use independent XPath lookups with no cross-validation. Attackers holding any validly signed SAML message can prepend a forged unsigned assertion that gets accepted as the verified identity while the genuine signature validates against the original assertion.
Title passport-saml-encrypted through 0.1.13 XML Signature Wrapping via Assertion Prepending
Weaknesses CWE-347
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Sep 10, 2026, 5:53 PM
Reserved
Sep 10, 2026, 4:45 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 10, 2026, 6:18 PM
Modified
Sep 10, 2026, 7:58 PM