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CVE-2015-1796 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-2547PK - Security Features[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
shibboleth identity provider
<= 2.4.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:identity_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
shibboleth opensaml java
<= 2.6.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:opensaml_java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-1796
NVD Published Date:
Jul 8, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-1796 Details - Not Deferred