GHSA-m9hp-7r99-94h5

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    GHSA-m9hp-7r99-94h5

    Published: 20 Dec 2021Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Critical security issues in XML encoding in github.com/dexidp/dex

    Details: ### Impact The following vulnerabilities have been disclosed, which impact users leveraging the SAML connector: Signature Validation Bypass (CVE-2020-15216): https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/security/advisories/GHSA-q547-gmf8-8jr7 `encoding/xml` instabilities: - [Element namespace prefix instability (CVE-2020-29511)](https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-elements.md) - [Attribute namespace prefix instability (CVE-2020-29509)](https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-attributes.md) - [Directive comment instability (CVE-2020-29510)](https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-directives.md) ### Patches Immediately update to [Dex v2.27.0](https://github.com/dexidp/dex/releases/tag/v2.27.0). ### Workarounds There are no known workarounds.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/dexidp/dex

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/dexidp/dex

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.27.0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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