Critical severity · published Aug 3, 2026
CVE-2026-9487
XML::Sig versions before 0.71 for Perl allow signature wrapping via duplicate ID
9.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XML::Sig versions before 0.71 for Perl allow signature wrapping via duplicate ID.
_get_signed_xml() in lib/XML/Sig.pm, called from verify(), resolves the SignedInfo Reference/@URI to a node with the XPath expression "//*[@ID='$id']" and returns the first node of the resulting node set. A document in which two elements share that ID value is accepted: the digest and signature are checked against whichever element comes first in document order, and the duplicate is not detected.
Such a document verifies successfully while an application that resolves the same ID independently can read the second, attacker supplied element; in a SAML2 context this places the contents of an Assertion under attacker control.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XM
XML::Sig · TIMLEGGE
before 0.71 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9487
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9487
Patch
https://github.com/perl-net-saml2/perl-XML-Sig/commit/4976bde5245df69b8e02c6ae061acbd4891cd7f9.patch
Release Notes
https://metacpan.org/release/TIMLEGGE/XML-Sig-0.71/source/Changes
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