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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2026-15556 json

Picketlink-federation: picketlink saml 2.0 auth bypass via missing assertions

published 2026-08-11 2 mo ago modified 2026-11-01 8 d ago also EUVD-2026-55983

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in Picketlink's SP signature validation; a SAML response containing zero assertion elements matching the signature check can allow an attacker to forge a SAML response and auth as any principal with any roles on the protected application.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 0:1.5.26-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:1.10.0-46.Final_redhat_00044.1.el7eap, 0:2.2.40-2.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:2.3.14-11.SP11_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:2.5.5-24.SP12_redhat_00016.1.el7eap, 0:2.5.5-30.SP12_redhat_00020.1.el7eap, 0:2.16.0-22.redhat_00057.1.el7eap, 0:2.18.8-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap, 0:4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:5.0.31-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:7.4.25-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-netty jboss enterprise application platform els 7.4 4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform els 7.4 7.4.25-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform els 7.4 2.2.40-1.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-netty-all jboss enterprise application platform els 7.4 4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-ironjacamar jboss enterprise application platform els 7.4 1.5.26-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-netty-codec jboss enterprise application platform els 7.4 4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-jackson-core jboss enterprise application platform els 7.4 2.18.8-1.redhat_00003.1.el8eap
  • eap7-netty-buffer jboss enterprise application platform els 7.4 4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:53645RHSA-2026:53646RHSA-2026:53644

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-15556 updated cvss 8.1

picketlink-federation: picketlink SAML 2.0 auth bypass via missing assertions

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 picketlink-federation
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.4.25-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.18.8-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-netty 4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.2.40-2.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-databind 2.18.8-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-netty-all 4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +78 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53644
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.25
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53806
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 picketlink-federation
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack picketlink-federation
    not affected: component not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.25
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.