As a result, an unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to submit a crafted SAML response and impersonate arbitrary users, including administrators
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| Kong | Kong Enterprise Gateway | unaffected |
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| Link | Providers |
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| https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/changelog/#3-15-0-3 |
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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | A SAML authentication bypass vulnerability affects the Kong SAML plugin when the validate_assertion_signature option is explicitly set to false. This option is enabled by default. When disabled, the plugin may extract the SAML identity from an unsigned assertion and authenticate the user without verifying a valid cryptographic signature. As a result, an unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to submit a crafted SAML response and impersonate arbitrary users, including administrators | |
| Title | Kong API Gateway Enterprise: SAML Authentication bypass | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-288 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Kong
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-16T10:06:07.410Z
Reserved: 2026-07-07T07:14:57.290Z
Link: CVE-2026-14917
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-16T10:16:48.373
Modified: 2026-09-16T10:16:48.373
Link: CVE-2026-14917
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