CVE-2026-46490
Privilege escalation via unescaped attribute values in samlify before 2.13.0.
Is CVE-2026-46490 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-46490 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.47% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-46490?
CVE-2026-46490 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-46490?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-46490. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-46490 affect?
CVE-2026-46490 affects samlify <= 2.12.x (Node.js SAML library), SAML IdP/SPs using samlify. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-46490?
Upgrade to samlify 2.13.0+
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Allows XML injection into SAML attributes; tampered assertions can grant unauthorized roles/groups.
Patch when possible
- affected< 2.13.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.