Unsolicited SAML Response Auth Flaw in Picketlink
CVE-2026-10579 Published on August 11, 2026

Picketlink-federation: auth bypass in picketlink saml unsolicited-response
A flaw was found in Picketlink Federation SAML; the unsolcited response handler would accept forged assertions with no verification or validation, permitting an unauthed attacker to authenticate as any principal in any role. This could lead to information disclosure, access to restricted operations, or other flaws.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-10579 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:

NETWORK

Attack Complexity:

LOW

Privileges Required:

NONE

User Interaction:

NONE

Scope:

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact:

HIGH

Integrity Impact:

HIGH

Availability Impact:

HIGH

Timeline

2026-05-20

Reported to Red Hat.

2026-08-11

Made public. 83 days later.

Weakness Type

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

The software does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.

Products Associated with CVE-2026-10579

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Affected Versions

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.25: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7:

Version 0:2.16.0-22.redhat_00057.1.el7eap and below * is unaffected.