Description
Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay vulnerability in dropbox samly allows an attacker to authenticate as the subject of a captured SAML assertion by resubmitting it.

Samly.Helper.decode_idp_auth_resp/3 in lib/samly/helper.ex calls esaml_sp:validate_assertion/2, whose default duplicate detector is a no-op. The /3 arity accepting a DuplicateFun exists in esaml and implements the check, but Samly never calls it and offers no configuration to supply one, so the SAML 2.0 Web Browser SSO Profile requirement that a bearer assertion be used once is unenforced. An attacker holding a valid SAMLResponse obtained from the network, from browser history, or from logs can submit the identical bytes repeatedly until the assertion's NotOnOrAfter passes, each time establishing a session as the assertion's subject.

This issue affects samly: from v0.3.0 onward.
Published: 2026-08-20
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay vulnerability in dropbox samly allows an attacker to authenticate as the subject of a captured SAML assertion by resubmitting it. Samly.Helper.decode_idp_auth_resp/3 in lib/samly/helper.ex calls esaml_sp:validate_assertion/2, whose default duplicate detector is a no-op. The /3 arity accepting a DuplicateFun exists in esaml and implements the check, but Samly never calls it and offers no configuration to supply one, so the SAML 2.0 Web Browser SSO Profile requirement that a bearer assertion be used once is unenforced. An attacker holding a valid SAMLResponse obtained from the network, from browser history, or from logs can submit the identical bytes repeatedly until the assertion's NotOnOrAfter passes, each time establishing a session as the assertion's subject. This issue affects samly: from v0.3.0 onward.
Title Missing one-time-use enforcement in Samly allows replay of SAML bearer assertions
First Time appeared Dropbox
Dropbox samly
Handnot2
Handnot2 samly
Weaknesses CWE-294
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dropbox:samly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:handnot2:samly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Dropbox
Dropbox samly
Handnot2
Handnot2 samly
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: EEF

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T18:37:24.439Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T11:01:47.529Z

Link: CVE-2026-53424

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-20T18:16:27.680

Modified: 2026-08-20T18:16:27.680

Link: CVE-2026-53424

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