VDB
GHSA-42m9-f9c6-jjrj
GHSA-42m9-f9c6-jjrj
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022
An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Identity Foundation (WIF), allowing signing of SAML tokens with arbitrary symmetric keys, aka 'WCF/WIF SAML Token Authentication Bypass Vulnerability'.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Timeline
- May 24, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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The same record, from the CLI:
vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-42m9-f9c6-jjrj
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-42m9-f9c6-jjrj
Or with curl, using the org id and key from your account page:
curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
"https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-42m9-f9c6-jjrj/fixes/registry"
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