Description
ruby-saml provides security assertion markup language (SAML) single sign-on (SSO) for Ruby. An authentication bypass vulnerability was found in ruby-saml prior to versions 1.12.4 and 1.18.0 due to a parser differential. ReXML and Nokogiri parse XML differently, the parsers can generate entirely different document structures from the same XML input. That allows an attacker to be able to execute a Signature Wrapping attack. This issue may lead to authentication bypass. Versions 1.12.4 and 1.18.0 contain a patch for the issue.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Issue Tracking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43374519
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250314-0009/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/security/advisories/GHSA-754f-8gm6-c4r2
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/omniauth/omniauth-saml/security/advisories/GHSA-hw46-3hmr-x9xv
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/e76c5b36bac40aedbf1ba7ffaaf495be63328cd9
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/e9c1cdbd0f9afa467b585de279db0cbd0fb8ae97
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/03/12/patch-release-gitlab-17-9-2-released
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.blog/security/sign-in-as-anyone-bypassing-saml-sso-authentication-with-parser-differentials
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/releases/tag/v1.12.4
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/releases/tag/v1.18.0
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portswigger.net/research/saml-roulette-the-hacker-always-wins
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-329_GHSL-2024-330_ruby-saml
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.6379
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-436
CWE-347
Status
published
Products (4)
netapp/storagegrid
omniauth/omniauth_saml
< 1.10.6
onelogin/ruby-saml
< 1.12.4
rubygems/ruby-saml
1.13.0 - 1.18.0RubyGems
Published
Mar 12, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026