CVE-2023-40178

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.49% (42nd) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Node-SAML is a SAML library not dependent on any frameworks that runs in Node. The lack of checking of current timestamp allows a LogoutRequest XML to be reused multiple times even when the current time is past the NotOnOrAfter. This could impact the user where they would be logged out from an expired LogoutRequest. In bigger contexts, if LogoutRequests are sent out in mass to different SPs, this could impact many users on a large scale. This issue was patched in version 4.0.5.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · OSV

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-613USprimaryCWE-347USCWE-347USCWE-613US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

node-saml node-saml≤ < 4.0.5enisa_euvdEU
node saml project node saml< 4.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:node_saml_project:node_saml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
npm @node-saml/node-saml< 4.0.5osvUSpkg:npm/%40node-saml/node-saml

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-vx8m-6fhw-pccw@node-saml/node-saml's validatePostRequestAsync does not include checkTimestampsValidityError2023-08-21ghsa · osvUS
### Summary The lack of checking of current timestamp allows a LogoutRequest XML to be reused multiple times even when the current time is past the NotOnOrAfter. ### Details It was noticed that in the validatePostRequestAsync() flow in saml.js, the current timestamp is never checked. This could present a vulnerability where a user who has an XML LogoutRequest could validated it if the IssueInstance and the NotOnOrAfter are valid along with valid credentials (signature, certificate etc.). ### PoC I was able to validate a sample valid LogoutRequest XML multiple times through postman by sending it to my endpoint regardless if the current present time was past the NotOnOrAfter time. After some further testing, it seems that only the IssueInstance is checked against NotOnOrAfter. Not sure if this was the intended behaviour but I believe having a never expiring valid LogoutRequest could be dangerous. ### Impact This could impact the user where they would be logged out from an expired LogoutRequest. In bigger contexts, if LogoutRequests are sent out in mass to different SPs, this could impact many users on a large scale.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-08-23modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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