# CVE-2025-46573: passport-wsfed-saml2 Has SAML Authentication Bypass via Attribute Smuggling

- Also known as: GHSA-8GQJ-226H-GM8R
- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.6.4
- Published: 2025-05-06 · Updated: 2025-05-07

## Affected

- auth0 passport-wsfed-saml2: from 3.0.5, fixed in 4.6.4
- passport-wsfed-saml2 (npm): from 3.0.5, fixed in 4.6.4

## Description

passport-wsfed-saml2 provides passport strategy for both WS-fed and SAML2 protocol. A vulnerability present starting in version 3.0.5 up to and including version 4.6.3 allows an attacker to impersonate any user during SAML authentication by tampering with a valid SAML response. This can be done by adding attributes to the response. Users are affected specifically when the service provider is using `passport-wsfed-saml2` and a valid SAML Response signed by the Identity Provider can be obtained. Version 4.6.4 contains a fix for the vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on auth0 passport-wsfed-saml2, passport-wsfed-saml2, upgrade to a fixed version (4.6.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/auth0/passport-wsfed-saml2/security/advisories/GHSA-8gqj-226h-gm8r
- https://github.com/auth0/passport-wsfed-saml2/commit/e5cf3cc2a53748207f7a81bfba9195c8efa94181

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