CVE-2018-6521
N/A
Published: February 2, 2018 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxSimplesamlphp
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 1.15.2
Affected range stops below 1.15.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00008.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201801-03Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4127Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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