{
"id": "GHSA-5379-r78w-42h2",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-39171"
],
"details": "### Impact\nA malicious SAML payload can require transforms that consume significant system resources to process, thereby resulting in reduced or denied service. This would be an effective way to perform a denial-of-service attack.\n\n### Patches\nThis has been resolved in version 3.1.0. The resolution is to limit the number of allowable transforms to 2.\n\n### References\nhttps://github.com/node-saml/passport-saml/pull/595\n",
"summary": "Unlimited transforms allowed for signed nodes",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.1.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "passport-saml",
"ecosystem": "npm"
}
}
],
"modified": "2024-02-10T00:55:45Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
}
],
"published": "2021-08-30T16:11:57Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/node-saml/passport-saml/security/advisories/GHSA-5379-r78w-42h2",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39171",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/node-saml/passport-saml/pull/595",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/node-saml/passport-saml/commit/f1e00b64c21a725f545e675cd810bbaa435a3972",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/node-saml/passport-saml",
"type": "PACKAGE"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"severity": "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-08-27T22:15:00Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-08-27T23:25:28Z"
}
}