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CVE-2020-27846

A signature verification vulnerability exists in crewjam/saml. This flaw allows an attacker to bypass SAML…

Summary

Vulnerability reported (CVE-2020-27846). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Impact

There are three vulnerabilities in the go encoding/xml package that can allow an attacker to forge part of a signed XML document. For details on this vulnerability see xml-roundtrip-validator

Patches

In version 0.4.3, all XML input is validated prior to being parsed.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-27846 has been found.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "CVE-2020-27846" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2020-27846
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) has been reported.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで影響コンポーネントを特定する。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Bitnami grafana
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.7.5"},{"introduced":"7.0.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.3"},{"introduced":"7.3.0"},{"fixed":"7.3.6"}]}]
Go github.com/crewjam/saml
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4.3"}]}]

References

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