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Ruby SAML CVE-2024-45409: As bad as it gets and hiding in plain sight â WorkOS

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Ruby-SAML CVE-2024-45409: As bad as it gets and hiding in plain sight.

This flaw allows an attacker to log in as any user, including administrators.

The vulnerability also affected GitLab , a popular version control system for storing software.

GitLab released a patch release for GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition versions.

Ruby-SAML, like many open-source projects, faces several challenges that contributed to this vulnerability remaining undetected.

Despite a decade of development on Ruby- SAML, this critical flaw went unnoticed.

To mitigate the impact of this vulnerability and similar flaws, partner with trusted security experts like WorkOS.

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