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CVE-2025-25292: Ruby SAML allows a SAML authentication bypass due to namespace handling (parser differential)

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-25292· Critical 9.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.3 Critical : upgrade to 1.18.0 as a priority.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:52 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
9.3Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 4.09.3
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.18.0, 1.12.4
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Mar 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade ruby-saml to 1.18.0; ruby-saml to 1.12.4.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
RubyGemsruby-samlAffected
  • >=1.13.0 <1.18.0
Fixed in
  • 1.18.0
RubyGemsruby-samlAffected
  • <1.12.4
Fixed in
  • 1.12.4

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Description

### Summary An authentication bypass vulnerability was found in ruby-saml due to a parser differential. ReXML and Nokogiri parse XML differently, the parsers can generate entirely different document structures from the same XML input. That allows an attacker to be able to execute a Signature Wrapping attack. ### Impact This issue may lead to authentication bypass.

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