Anaplan Security: Anaplan Statement on SAML Vulnerability

Anaplan Security Engineering has performed a thorough investigation of the following vulnerability: Multiple SAML libraries may allow authentication bypass via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal.

Anaplan Security Engineering confirms that its SAML implementation is not vulnerable to such attacks as described in the following CVE’s:

  • Reference: https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/475445
  • CVE IDs: CVE-2017-11427 CVE-2017-11428 CVE-2017-11429 CVE-2017-11430 CVE-2018-0489
  • Vulnerability Note VU#475445 - Multiple SAML libraries may allow authentication bypass via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal
  • Vulnerability Description:  Multiple SAML libraries may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the attack to potentially bypass authentication to SAML service

Please contact security@anaplan.com if you have any questions about this issue.