CVE-2020-5407
Publication date 13 May 2020
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Spring Security versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.4 and 5.3.x prior to 5.3.2 contain a signature wrapping vulnerability during SAML response validation. When using the spring-security-saml2-service-provider component, a malicious user can carefully modify an otherwise valid SAML response and append an arbitrary assertion that Spring Security will accept as valid.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| libspring-security-2.0-java | 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
8.8 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Other references
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73af928cf64bebf78b7fa4bc56a5253273ec7829f5f5827f64c72fc7@%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra19a4e7236877fe12bfb52db07b27ad72d9e7a9f5e27bba7e928e18a@%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd99601fbca514f214f88f9e53fd5be3cfbff05b350c994b4ec2e184c@%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5407
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5407