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High · 8.1 CVE-2026-15556 EUVD-2026-55983GHSA-vw9v-mpfh-qwg3

Picketlink-federation: picketlink saml 2.0 auth bypass via missing assertions

Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Nov 1, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in Picketlink's SP signature validation; a SAML response containing zero assertion elements matching the signature check can allow an attacker to forge a SAML response and auth as any principal with any roles on the protected application.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.25 — —
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-activemq-artemis +15 2.16.0-22.redhat_00057.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-glassfish-jsf 2.3.14-11.SP11_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-ironjacamar +8 1.5.26-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-jackson-core +10 2.18.8-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-jboss-remoting 5.0.31-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-jboss-server-migration +2 1.10.0-46.Final_redhat_00044.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-netty +26 4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-picketlink-api +7 2.5.5-24.SP12_redhat_00016.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-picketlink-bindings +1 2.5.5-30.SP12_redhat_00020.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-undertow 2.2.40-2.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Els 7 eap7-wildfly +4 7.4.25-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2026:53644

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