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Vulnerability details: VCID-psrx-7yk1-4kce
Vulnerability ID VCID-psrx-7yk1-4kce
Aliases CVE-2016-5697
GHSA-36p7-xjw8-h6f2
Summary Ruby-saml allows attackers to perform XML signature wrapping attacks
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-91 XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5697
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5697
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-36p7-xjw8-h6f2
cvssv3 7.5 https://github.com/onelogin/ruby-saml/commit/a571f52171e6bfd87db59822d1d9e8c38fb3b995
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/onelogin/ruby-saml/commit/a571f52171e6bfd87db59822d1d9e8c38fb3b995
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/onelogin/ruby-saml/commit/a571f52171e6bfd87db59822d1d9e8c38fb3b995
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/CVE-2016-5697.yml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/CVE-2016-5697.yml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5697
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5697
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/3
generic_textual HIGH http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/3
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5697
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5697
https://github.com/onelogin/ruby-saml/commit/a571f52171e6bfd87db59822d1d9e8c38fb3b995
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/3
828076 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=828076
CVE-2016-5697 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5697
CVE-2016-5697.YML https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/CVE-2016-5697.yml
GHSA-36p7-xjw8-h6f2 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-36p7-xjw8-h6f2
USN-7309-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7309-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/onelogin/ruby-saml/commit/a571f52171e6bfd87db59822d1d9e8c38fb3b995
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/CVE-2016-5697.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5697
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/3
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

local

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.62137
EPSS Score 0.00416
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:24:13.952710+00:00 GHSA Importer Import https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-36p7-xjw8-h6f2 38.6.0