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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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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-42m9-f9c6-jjrj
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-42m9-f9c6-jjrj

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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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