CoreWCF: SamlSerializer skips SignatureValue verification when SAML signing token is not an X.509 certificateGHSA-rpj7-hr7h-w6p9
HIGHGHSA-rpj7-hr7h-w6p9 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.4) CWE-345 vulnerability in CoreWCF.Primitives. A fix is available for CoreWCF.Primitives — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-rpj7-hr7h-w6p9.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-rpj7-hr7h-w6p9 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 384,189 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
CoreWCF.Primitives.NETCoreWCF.PrimitivesReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects NuGet packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
When a service is configured to validate SAML tokens using a method other than X.509 certificate signing, the final signature verification is skipped.
Preconditions
The service is configured to authenticate using SAML tokens and an out of band token resolver (commonly the IssuerTokenResolver of IssuedTokenServiceCredential) holds a non-X.509 SecurityToken whose key identifier the attacker can reference in the assertion’s <KeyInfo> - for example a BinarySecretSecurityToken representing the symmetric proof key issued by a WS-Trust symmetric-key holder-of-key STS.
Patches
Fixed in CoreWCF v1.8.1 and v1.9.1
Workarounds
None
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | CoreWCF.Primitives | all versions | 1.8.1dotnet add package CoreWCF.Primitives --version 1.8.1 |
| .NETNuGet | CoreWCF.Primitives | ≥ 1.9.0&&< 1.9.1 | 1.9.1dotnet add package CoreWCF.Primitives --version 1.9.1 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for CoreWCF.Primitives, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update CoreWCF.Primitives to 1.8.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-rpj7-hr7h-w6p9 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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