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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-32600 EUVD-2026-12099GHSA-r353-4845-pr5p

xml-security is Missing AES-GCM Authentication Tag Validation on Encrypted Nodes Allows for Unauthorized Decryption

Published Mar 13, 2026 · Updated Mar 16, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

xml-security is a library that implements XML signatures and encryption. Prior to versions 2.3.1 and 1.13.9, XML nodes encrypted with either aes-128-gcm, aes-192-gcm, or aes-256-gcm lack validation of the authentication tag length. An attacker can use this to brute-force an authentication tag, recover the GHASH key, and decrypt the encrypted nodes. It also allows to forge arbitrary ciphertexts without knowing the encryption key. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.1 and 1.13.9.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
simplesamlphp xml-security >= 2.0.0, < 2.3.1, < 1.13.9 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist simplesamlphp/xml-security >= 2.0.0, < 2.3.1 2.3.1 GHSA-r353-4845-pr5p
Packagist simplesamlphp/xml-security < 1.13.9 1.13.9 GHSA-r353-4845-pr5p

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