VulnerabilityPublished 5 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-46784: Entr'ouvert Lasso · Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference

Affects Entr'ouvert LassoSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 50% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Entr'ouvert Lasso	Affected =2.5.1	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Monitor Entr'ouvert's official channels for patches addressing CVE-2025-46784 and apply them promptly once available.
Implement strict input validation and sanity checks on incoming SAML responses before processing to detect and reject malformed or suspicious messages.
Deploy rate limiting and anomaly detection on SAML endpoints to mitigate potential flooding or memory exhaustion attacks.
Consider isolating or sandboxing the Lasso processing component to limit the impact of a DoS attack on the broader system.
Maintain up-to-date logging and monitoring to detect unusual spikes in memory usage or service crashes related to SAML processing.
If immediate patching is not possible, evaluate temporary mitigations such as disabling vulnerable SAML features or using alternative SAML libraries.
Conduct security reviews of SAML integration points and ensure secure coding practices are followed to prevent similar memory management issues.

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the lasso_node_init_from_message_with_format functionality of Entr'ouvert Lasso 2.5.1. A specially crafted SAML response can lead to a memory depletion, resulting in denial of service. An attacker can send a malformed SAML response to trigger this vulnerability.

Impact

For European organizations, the primary impact of CVE-2025-46784 is the potential disruption of authentication services relying on Entr'ouvert Lasso 2.5.1 for SAML processing. Denial of service in identity federation components can lead to widespread access issues, preventing legitimate users from authenticating and accessing critical applications. This can affect business continuity, especially in sectors with high dependency on SSO such as government, finance, healthcare, and large enterprises. The unavailability of authentication services may also increase helpdesk workload and operational costs. Since the vulnerability does not impact confidentiality or integrity, data breaches are unlikely; however, service outages can indirectly affect compliance with regulations like GDPR if service availability is critical. The ease of exploitation without authentication or user interaction means attackers can launch automated attacks at scale, potentially targeting multiple organizations simultaneously. The lack of known exploits currently provides a window for proactive mitigation before active exploitation emerges.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime (opens in a new tab)
Variant weaknessLikelihood of exploit: Medium
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
Implementation · Libraries or Frameworks
Choose a language or tool that provides automatic memory management, or makes manual memory management less error-prone.
Architecture and Design
Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.
Architecture and Design · Build and Compilation
Consider using the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector (bdwgc), which can help avoid leaks.
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 12 Nov 2025, 15:23 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-401

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