XML::Sig versions before 0.71 for Perl allow signature wrapping via duplicate ID.
_get_signed_xml() in lib/XML/Sig.pm, called from verify(), resolves the SignedInfo Reference/@URI to a node with the XPath expression "//*[@ID='$id']" and returns the first node of the resulting node set. A document in which two elements share that ID value is accepted: the digest and signature are checked against whichever element comes first in document order, and the duplicate is not detected.
Such a document verifies successfully while an application that resolves the same ID independently can read the second, attacker supplied element; in a SAML2 context this places the contents of an Assertion under attacker control.
_get_signed_xml() in lib/XML/Sig.pm, called from verify(), resolves the SignedInfo Reference/@URI to a node with the XPath expression "//*[@ID='$id']" and returns the first node of the resulting node set. A document in which two elements share that ID value is accepted: the digest and signature are checked against whichever element comes first in document order, and the duplicate is not detected.
Such a document verifies successfully while an application that resolves the same ID independently can read the second, attacker supplied element; in a SAML2 context this places the contents of an Assertion under attacker control.
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Solution
Upgrade to version 0.71
Workaround
Signing the outermost <samlp:Response> element rather than only the inner <saml:Assertion> reduces exposure, but does not prevent wrapping variants in which the duplicate ID is introduced outside the signed element. Upgrading to 0.71 is the complete fix.
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| Description | XML::Sig versions before 0.71 for Perl allow signature wrapping via duplicate ID. _get_signed_xml() in lib/XML/Sig.pm, called from verify(), resolves the SignedInfo Reference/@URI to a node with the XPath expression "//*[@ID='$id']" and returns the first node of the resulting node set. A document in which two elements share that ID value is accepted: the digest and signature are checked against whichever element comes first in document order, and the duplicate is not detected. Such a document verifies successfully while an application that resolves the same ID independently can read the second, attacker supplied element; in a SAML2 context this places the contents of an Assertion under attacker control. | |
| Title | XML::Sig versions before 0.71 for Perl allow signature wrapping via duplicate ID | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-347 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-03T13:14:43.135Z
Reserved: 2026-05-24T13:47:37.954Z
Link: CVE-2026-9487
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Updated: 2026-08-03T15:51:30Z
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