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CVE-2025-8662VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-8662: OpenAM · Vulnerability

Affects OpenAMSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 2.3 Low.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
2.3Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 20% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Sep 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
OpenAM consortium OpenAMAffected
  • =14.0.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-8662, European organizations should: 1) Conduct an inventory to identify all OpenAM instances running versions 14.0.0 or 14.0.1 and assess their role as SAML IdPs. 2) Monitor official OpenAM Consortium communications for patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once available. 3) Implement strict input validation and request filtering at the network perimeter or via web application firewalls (WAFs) to detect and block malformed or tampered SAML requests targeting OpenAM endpoints. 4) Enforce strong access controls and monitor logs for unusual authentication activity, especially from low-privilege accounts, to detect potential exploitation attempts. 5) Consider deploying redundancy and failover mechanisms for SAML IdP services to minimize disruption impact in case of malfunction. 6) Educate security and IT teams about the vulnerability to ensure rapid response and incident handling if issues arise. 7) Review and tighten authentication policies to reduce the risk of credential compromise that could facilitate exploitation.

Description

OpenAM (OpenAM Consortium Edition) contains a vulnerability that may cause it to malfunction as a SAML IdP due to a tampered request.This issue affects OpenAM: from 14.0.0 through 14.0.1.

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