CVE-2026-123550

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-123550",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-08T02:16:46.410",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-08T02:16:46.410",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "OpenAM before 16.1.4 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in its SAML v2.0 service provider that accepts unsigned assertions on the ECP (PAOS) and HTTP-Artifact bindings when WantAssertionsSigned is false. Unauthenticated remote attackers can submit forged assertions to obtain sessions as any mapped user, including administrators, and hijack single sign-on to dependent applications."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "OpenIdentityPlatform",
          "product": "OpenAM",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageURL": "pkg:maven/org.openidentityplatform.openam/openam-federation-library",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "16.1.4",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "16.1.4",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "OpenIdentityPlatform",
          "product": "OpenAM",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageURL": "pkg:maven/org.openidentityplatform.openam/openam-auth-saml2",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "16.1.4",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "16.1.4",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "type": "Secondary",
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          "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
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          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
        }
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      "description": [
        {
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          "value": "CWE-290"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/security/advisories/GHSA-3j2f-qhrc-rjfj",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openam-before-16.1.4-saml-authentication-bypass-via-unsigned-assertions",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}