Improper Certificate Validation Affecting omniauth-saml package, versions <2.2.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-OMNIAUTHSAML-18017733
  • published19 Jul 2026
  • disclosed19 Jul 2026
  • creditahacker1

Introduced: 19 Jul 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade omniauth-saml to version 2.2.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation due to insecure default behavior in the idp_cert_fingerprint_validator. An attacker can bypass certificate validation by providing any certificate fingerprint, which will be accepted as valid.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1