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CVE-2021-39171

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.3 Published: 2021-08-27 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

Passport-SAML is a SAML 2.0 authentication provider for Passport, the Node.js authentication library. Prior to version 3.1.0, a malicious SAML payload can require transforms that consume significant system resources to process, thereby resulting in reduced or denied service. This would be an effective way to perform a denial-of-service attack. This has been resolved in version 3.1.0. The resolution is to limit the number of allowable transforms to 2.

Affected Platforms

Passport-Saml Project Passport-Saml

Weakness Type

CWE-400

References