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TI-2015-01614 Aliases CVE-2015-1796GHSA-78fq-w796-q537

The PKIX trust engines in Shibboleth Identity Provider before 2.4.4 and OpenSAML Java…

Priority LOW 23CWE-254Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 8 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

The PKIX trust engines in Shibboleth Identity Provider before 2.4.4 and OpenSAML Java (OpenSAML-J) before 2.6.5 trust candidate X.509 credentials when no trusted names are available for the entityID, which allows remote attackers to impersonate an entity via a certificate issued by a shibmd:KeyAuthority trust anchor.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01247 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.opensaml:opensaml (Maven): 2.6.5edu.internet2.middleware:shibboleth-identityprovider (Maven): 2.4.4Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 8 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—org.opensaml:opensaml (Maven)before 2.6.52.6.5Patch availableGHSA-78fq-w796-q537
—edu.internet2.middleware:shibboleth-identityprovider (Maven)before 2.4.42.4.4Patch availableGHSA-78fq-w796-q537
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.opensaml:opensaml (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.6.5 Fixed in 2.6.5 Patch available GHSA-78fq-w796-q537
  • edu.internet2.middleware:shibboleth-identityprovider (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.4.4 Fixed in 2.4.4 Patch available GHSA-78fq-w796-q537

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:identity_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.4.3VulnerableShibboleth
cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:opensaml_java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.6.4VulnerableShibboleth
  • cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:identity_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.4.3 Vulnerable ·Shibboleth
  • cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:opensaml_java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.6.4 Vulnerable ·Shibboleth

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-78fq-w796-q537 org.opensaml:opensaml (Maven) Fixed in 2.6.5 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-78fq-w796-q537 edu.internet2.middleware:shibboleth-identityprovider (Maven) Fixed in 2.4.4 Advisory →

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2015:1176 Released 2015-06-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2.0 update
    • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2
  • RHSA-2015:1177 Released 2015-06-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.2.0 update
    • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Portal 5AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Portal 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.2Fixed RHSA-2015:1177
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2Fixed RHSA-2015:1176

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-1796
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-78fq-w796-q537

References

Advisory 4

  • TI-2020-17017 Shibboleth Identify Provider 3.x before 3.4.6 has a denial of service flaw. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2014-02926 The (1) HttpResource and (2) FileBackedHttpResource implementations in Shibboleth… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9

Sources

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