Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 8, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-1796

Description

The PKIX trust engines in Shibboleth Identity Provider before 2.4.4 and OpenSAML Java (OpenSAML-J) before 2.6.5 trust candidate X.509 credentials when no trusted names are available for the entityID, which allows remote attackers to impersonate an entity via a certificate issued by a shibmd:KeyAuthority trust anchor.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.opensaml:opensamlMaven	< 2.6.5	2.6.5
edu.internet2.middleware:shibboleth-identityproviderMaven	< 2.4.4	2.4.4

Affected products

Internet2/Identity Provider
cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:identity_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.4.3
Internet2/Opensaml Java
cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:opensaml_java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.6.4

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-78fq-w796-q537ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1796ghsaADVISORY
shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150225.txtnvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.htmlnvdWEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.htmlnvdWEB
www.securityfocus.com/bid/75370nvd

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