CVE-2026-123798 PUBLISHED

SuperTokens Core: SAML XML Signature Wrapping authentication bypass — any IdP user can authenticate as any other user

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 06.11.2026 Published: 09.11.2026 Updated: 09.11.2026

SuperTokens Core is an open source authentication server. From 11.3.0 until 11.3.7, 11.4.7, and 12.0.10, SAML.verifySamlResponseSignature calls OpenSAML SignatureValidator.validate without first applying SAMLSignatureProfileValidator. The Core can therefore accept a cryptographically valid signature that references a different XML element from the Response or Assertion whose NameID and attributes are used for authentication. An ordinary user of the configured identity provider can move a genuinely signed element elsewhere in the document while supplying an attacker-authored identity-bearing element, causing XML Signature Wrapping authentication as another IdP user. Both response-level and assertion-level signing paths are affected, and SP-initiated login remains reachable without enabling allowIDPInitiatedLogin. This issue is fixed in versions 11.3.7, 11.4.7, and 12.0.10.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 8.1

Product Status

Vendor supertokens
Product supertokens-core
Versions
  • Version >= 12.0.6, < 12.0.10 is affected
  • Version >= 11.4.0, < 11.4.7 is affected
  • Version >= 11.3.0, < 11.3.7 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication CWE
  • CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature CWE