# CVE-2024-41107: Apache CloudStack: SAML Signature Exclusion

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2024-07-19 · Updated: 2025-03-19

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache CloudStack: from 4.5.0, through 4.18.2.1; from 4.19.0.0, through 4.19.0.2

## Description

The CloudStack SAML authentication (disabled by default) does not enforce signature check. In CloudStack environments where SAML authentication is enabled, an attacker that initiates CloudStack SAML single sign-on authentication can bypass SAML authentication by submitting a spoofed SAML response with no signature and known or guessed username and other user details of a SAML-enabled CloudStack user-account. In such environments, this can result in a complete compromise of the resources owned and/or accessible by a SAML enabled user-account. Affected users are recommended to disable the SAML authentication plugin by setting the "saml2.enabled" global setting to "false", or upgrade to version 4.18.2.2, 4.19.1.0 or later, which addresses this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache CloudStack, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/5q06g8zvmhcw6w3tjr6r5prqdw6zckg3
- https://cloudstack.apache.org/blog/security-release-advisory-cve-2024-41107
- https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/4519
- https://www.shapeblue.com/shapeblue-security-advisory-apache-cloudstack-cve-2024-41107
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/19/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/19/2
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-41107.yaml
- https://github.com/d0rb/CVE-2024-41107

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