{"id":"CVE-2025-48994","summary":"SignXML's signature verification with HMAC is vulnerable to an algorithm confusion attack","details":"SignXML is an implementation of the W3C XML Signature standard in Python. When verifying signatures with X509 certificate validation turned off and HMAC shared secret set (`signxml.XMLVerifier.verify(require_x509=False, hmac_key=...`), versions of SignXML prior to 4.0.4 are vulnerable to a potential algorithm confusion attack. Unless the user explicitly limits the expected signature algorithms using the `signxml.XMLVerifier.verify(expect_config=...)` setting, an attacker may supply a signature unexpectedly signed with a key other than the provided HMAC key, using a different (asymmetric key) signature algorithm. Starting with SignXML 4.0.4, specifying `hmac_key` causes the set of accepted signature algorithms to be restricted to HMAC only, if not already restricted by the user.","aliases":["GHSA-6vx8-pcwv-xhf4","PYSEC-2026-1921"],"modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:23.179858147Z","published":"2025-06-02T16:22:08.966Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-303"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/48xxx/CVE-2025-48994.json","cna_assigner":"GitHub_M"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/48xxx/CVE-2025-48994.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/XML-Security/signxml/security/advisories/GHSA-6vx8-pcwv-xhf4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48994"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/XML-Security/signxml/commit/e3c0c2b82a3329a65d917830657649c98b8c7600"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/xml-security/signxml","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"e3c0c2b82a3329a65d917830657649c98b8c7600"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.4"}],"source":["AFFECTED_FIELD","REFERENCES"]}}],"versions":["v4.0.3","v4.0.2","v4.0.1","v4.0.0","v3.2.2","v3.2.1","v3.2.0","v3.1.1","v3.1.0","v3.0.2","v3.0.1","v3.0.0","v2.10.1","v2.10.0","v2.9.0","v2.8.2","v2.8.1","v2.8.0","v2.7.3","v2.7.2","v2.7.1","v2.7.0","v2.6.0","v2.5.2","v2.5.1","v2.5.0","v2.4.0","v2.3.0","v2.2.6","v2.2.5","v2.2.4","v2.2.3","v2.2.2","v2.2.1","v2.2.0","v2.1.4","v2.1.3","v2.1.2","v2.1.1","v2.1.0","v2.0.0","v1.0.2","v1.0.1","v1.0.0","v0.6.0","v0.5.0","v0.4.6","v0.4.5","v0.4.4","v0.4.2","v0.4.1","v0.4.0","v0.3.9","v0.3.8","v0.3.7","v0.3.6","v0.3.5","v0.3.4","v0.3.3","v0.3.2","v0.3.1","v0.3.0","v0.2.8","v0.2.7","v0.2.6","v0.2.5","v0.2.4","v0.2.3","v0.2.2","v0.2.0","v0.1.9","v0.1.8","v0.1.7","v0.1.6","v0.1.5","v0.1.4","v0.1.3","v0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-48994.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}