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TI-2021-06060 Aliases CVE-2021-23365GHSA-599h-8wpj-75xj

Authentication bypass in github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-identity-broker

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

The package github.com/tyktechnologies/tyk-identity-broker before 1.1.1 are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via the Go XML parser which can cause SAML authentication bypass. This is because the XML parser doesn’t guarantee integrity in the XML round-trip (encoding/decoding XML data).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01011 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-identity-broker: 1.1.1github.com/tyktechnologies/tyk-identity-broker (Go): 1.1.1

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-identity-brokerbefore 1.1.11.1.1Patch availableCNA
—github.com/tyktechnologies/tyk-identity-broker (Go)before 1.1.11.1.1Patch availableGHSA-599h-8wpj-75xj
  • github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-identity-broker Vendor— Affected before 1.1.1 Fixed in 1.1.1 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/tyktechnologies/tyk-identity-broker (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.1.1 Fixed in 1.1.1 Patch available GHSA-599h-8wpj-75xj

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tyk:tyk-identity-broker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.1.1VulnerableTyk
  • cpe:2.3:a:tyk:tyk-identity-broker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.1.1 Vulnerable ·Tyk

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-identity-broker Fixed in 1.1.1
  • Fix · GHSA-599h-8wpj-75xj github.com/tyktechnologies/tyk-identity-broker (Go) Fixed in 1.1.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-23365
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-599h-8wpj-75xj

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