CVE-2022-39299

HIGH

passport-saml < 3.2.2 - Authentication Bypass via SAML Signature Verification Flaw

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2022-39299. PoCs published by doyensec, KaztoRay.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional exploit generator for CVE-2022-39299, which allows authentication bypass in multi-tenant applications using passport-saml for SAML SSO. The exploit leverages a signature validation flaw where multiple root elements in a SAML response can bypass signature checks.

Description

Passport-SAML is a SAML 2.0 authentication provider for Passport, the Node.js authentication library. A remote attacker may be able to bypass SAML authentication on a website using passport-saml. A successful attack requires that the attacker is in possession of an arbitrary IDP signed XML element. Depending on the IDP used, fully unauthenticated attacks (e.g without access to a valid user) might also be feasible if generation of a signed message can be triggered. Users should upgrade to passport-saml version 3.2.2 or newer. The issue was also present in the beta releases of `node-saml` before version 4.0.0-beta.5. If you cannot upgrade, disabling SAML authentication may be done as a workaround.

Exploits (2)

nomisec WORKING POC 19 stars
by doyensec · poc
https://github.com/doyensec/CVE-2022-39299_PoC_Generator

This repository contains a functional exploit generator for CVE-2022-39299, which allows authentication bypass in multi-tenant applications using passport-saml for SAML SSO. The exploit leverages a signature validation flaw where multiple root elements in a SAML response can bypass signature checks.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: passport-saml (versions before the patch)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a signed SAML message without assertions (e.g., error message) · Ability to configure SAML SSO settings in the target platform
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec STUB 6 stars
by KaztoRay · poc
https://github.com/KaztoRay/CVE-2022-39299-Research

The repository contains only a README file with a title and a single line of text in Korean, indicating it is a placeholder or stub with no actual exploit code or technical details.

Classification
Stub 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: unknown
No auth needed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0465
EPSS Percentile 89.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-347
Status published
Products (6)
node-saml/node-saml 0 - 4.0.0-beta.5npm
node-saml/passport-saml 0 - 4.0.0-beta.3npm
npm/node-saml 0 - 4.0.0-beta.5npm
npm/passport-saml 0 - 3.2.2npm
passport-saml_project/passport-saml 4.0.0 beta1 (4 CPE variants)
passport-saml_project/passport-saml < 3.2.2
Published Oct 12, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026