CVE-2021-39171
MEDIUMpassport-saml < 3.1.0 - Denial of Service via Excessive SAML Transform Processing
Title source: llmDescription
Passport-SAML is a SAML 2.0 authentication provider for Passport, the Node.js authentication library. Prior to version 3.1.0, a 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. This has been resolved in version 3.1.0. The resolution is to limit the number of allowable transforms to 2.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/node-saml/passport-saml/security/advisories/GHSA-5379-r78w-42h2
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/node-saml/passport-saml/pull/595
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0132
EPSS Percentile
67.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (2)
npm/passport-saml
0 - 3.1.0npm
passport-saml_project/passport-saml
< 3.1.0
Published
Aug 27, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026