CVE-2021-29108

HIGH

Esri Portal for ArcGIS < 10.9 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via SAML Assertion XML Signature Wrapping

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There is an privilege escalation vulnerability in organization-specific logins in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.9 and below that may allow a remote, authenticated attacker who is able to intercept and modify a SAML assertion to impersonate another account (XML Signature Wrapping Attack). In addition patching, Esri also strongly recommends as best practice for SAML assertions to be signed and encrypted.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 52.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-347
Status published
Products (1)
esri/portal_for_arcgis < 10.9
Published Oct 01, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026