Advisory record · GHSA-4v26-v6cg-g6f9

xmlseclibs: Missing AES-GCM Authentication Tag Validation on Encrypted Nodes Allows for Unauthorized Decryption

CVSS 8.2 HighEPSS 0.0016 · 5th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 13 Mar 2026, 20:04 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
robrichards/xmlseclibsPackagist<3.1.53.1.5
Identifiers
GHSA-4v26-v6cg-g6f9 · CVE-2026-32313 · PKSA-pr5h-1dpm-9x4k
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-354
Published
13 Mar 2026
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Robrichards/xmlseclibs versions before 3.1.5 do not validate the length of the authentication tag when decrypting XML nodes encrypted with AES-GCM (128, 192, or 256-bit). An attacker who can supply encrypted XML to a service that decrypts it, such as a SAML service provider, can brute-force the tag and recover the GHASH key, which allows decrypting data and forging ciphertexts. Upgrade to version 3.1.5 or later, and rotate any static symmetric keys that may have been exposed.

Written 31 Oct 2026.

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.2 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:02 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:02 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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