Unauthenticated access via insufficient SAML assertion verification
Published Jun 13, 2023 · Updated Jan 3, 2025
Authentication bypass in Siemens Mendix SAML affected branches allows remote attackers to access an application through crafted SAML assertions. The module accepts SAML assertions without sufficient verification when the recommended Use Encryption setting is disabled, leaving the first fix incomplete; Siemens has not disclosed which assertion checks fail. The non-default setting is the reachability gate; successful exploitation grants application access without authentication, with no reported availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Siemens Mendix SAML affected branches allows remote attackers to access an application through crafted SAML assertions. The module accepts SAML assertions without sufficient verification when the recommended Use Encryption setting is disabled, leaving the first fix incomplete; Siemens has not disclosed which assertion checks fail. The non-default setting is the reachability gate; successful exploitation grants application access without authentication, with no reported availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-29129
- Published
- Jun 13, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- Mendix SAML
- Classifications
- CWE-287, CWE-303, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 13, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V1.16.4 < V1.17.3
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V1.17.3 < V1.18.0
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V2.2.0 < V2.3.0
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V2.3.0 < V2.4.0
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V3.1.8 < V3.2.6
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V3.1.8 < V3.3.0
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V3.1.9 < V3.2.7
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V3.1.9 < V3.3.1
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V3.3.0 < V3.3.14
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V3.3.0 < V3.6.0
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V3.3.1 < V3.3.15
- Affected versionversion=All versions >= V3.3.1 < V3.6.1
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