GO-2020-0046

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    GO-2020-0046

    Published: 14 Apr 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary: Panic due to malformed XML digital signature in github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig

    Details: Due to a nil pointer dereference, a malformed XML Digital Signature can cause a panic during validation. If user supplied signatures are being validated, this may be used as a denial of service vector.

    References: https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/issues/48, https://github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2/issues/59

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GO-2020-0046 | CVE-DB