CVE•Published 2017-02-17•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-9814Simplesamlphp · Simplesamlphp
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The validateSignature method in the SAML2\Utils class in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.10 and simplesamlphp/saml2 library before 1.9.1, 1.10.x before 1.10.3, and 2.x before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to spoof SAML responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.
Timeline
Published 2017-02-17
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-9814Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Simplesamlphp Simplesamlphp"All exposed Simplesamlphp Simplesamlphp instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Simplesamlphp"HTTP body or banner mentions "Simplesamlphp" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-9814Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-9814Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-9814Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-9814GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-9814" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.