cvelistv5 - cve-2025-54572

cve-2025-54572

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-07-30 14:05

Modified

2025-07-30 14:17

Severity ?

6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

Ruby SAML DOS vulnerability with large SAML response

References

▼	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/38ef5dd1ce17514e202431f569c4f5633e6c2709
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/pull/770
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/releases/tag/v1.18.1
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/security/advisories/GHSA-rrqh-93c8-j966

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	SAML-Toolkits	ruby-saml

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ghsa-rrqh-93c8-j966

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-07-30 13:20

Modified

2025-08-04 15:02

Severity ?

6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

Ruby SAML DOS vulnerability with large SAML response

Details

Summary

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in ruby-saml even with the message_max_bytesize setting configured. The vulnerability occurs because the SAML response is validated for Base64 format prior to checking the message size, leading to potential resource exhaustion.

Details

ruby-saml includes a message_max_bytesize setting intended to prevent DOS attacks and decompression bombs. However, this protection is ineffective in some cases due to the order of operations in the code:

https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/blob/fbbedc978300deb9355a8e505849666974ef2e67/lib/onelogin/ruby-saml/saml_message.rb

```ruby def decode_raw_saml(saml, settings = nil) return saml unless base64_encoded?(saml) # <--- Issue here. Should be moved after next code block.

    settings = OneLogin::RubySaml::Settings.new if settings.nil?
    if saml.bytesize > settings.message_max_bytesize
      raise ValidationError.new("Encoded SAML Message exceeds " + settings.message_max_bytesize.to_s + " bytes, so was rejected")
    end

    decoded = decode(saml)
    ...
  end

```

The vulnerability is in the execution order. Prior to checking bytesize the base64_encoded? function performs regex matching on the entire input string:

ruby !!string.gsub(/[\r\n]|\\r|\\n|\s/, "").match(BASE64_FORMAT)

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability can lead to:

Excessive memory consumption
High CPU utilization
Application slowdown or unresponsiveness
Complete application crash in severe cases
Potential denial of service for legitimate users

All applications using ruby-saml with SAML configured and enabled are vulnerable.

Potential Solution

Reorder the validation steps to ensure max bytesize is checked first

```ruby def decode_raw_saml(saml, settings = nil) settings = OneLogin::RubySaml::Settings.new if settings.nil?

if saml.bytesize > settings.message_max_bytesize raise ValidationError.new("Encoded SAML Message exceeds " + settings.message_max_bytesize.to_s + " bytes, so was rejected") end

return saml unless base64_encoded?(saml) decoded = decode(saml) ... end ```

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cve-2025-54572

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

ghsa-rrqh-93c8-j966

Vulnerability from github

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