# Ruby-SAML Improper Authentication vulnerability

Advisory record · `GHSA-x2fr-v8wf-8wwv`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-x2fr-v8wf-8wwv` · `CVE-2017-11428`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.7 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html)
- **Tags:** [Authentication bypass](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/auth-bypass.md)
- **Published:** 5 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 8 Nov 2023
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 5 Jul 2019, 21:11 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `ruby-saml` (RubyGems): affected `<1.7.0`; fixed in `1.7.0`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.7 High, CVSS 3.0: `CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`, from CNA (duo)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.025, the 84th percentile, on 11 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 5 Jul 2019. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-x2fr-v8wf-8wwv](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x2fr-v8wf-8wwv)
- [OSV: GHSA-x2fr-v8wf-8wwv](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x2fr-v8wf-8wwv)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11428>
- <https://duo.com/blog/duo-finds-saml-vulnerabilities-affecting-multiple-implementations>
- <https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/475445>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-x2fr-v8wf-8wwv>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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