CVE-2026-15640
Authentication Bypass via SAML Response Manipulation
Under certain conditions a valid SAML IdP response may be used to impersonate another Secret Server user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Authentication Bypass via SAML Response Manipulation
Under certain conditions a valid SAML IdP response may be used to impersonate another Secret Server user.
- Record
CVE-2026-15640- CVSS 4.0
- 9.5 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-80069
Under certain conditions a valid SAML IdP response may be used to impersonate another Secret Server user.
- Record
EUVD-2026-80069- CVSS 4.0
- 9.5 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-43cm-c736-gj85
Under certain conditions a valid SAML IdP response may be used to impersonate another Secret...
Under certain conditions a valid SAML IdP response may be used to impersonate another Secret Server user.
- Record
GHSA-43cm-c736-gj85- CVSS 4.0
- 9.5 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Under certain conditions a valid SAML IdP response may be used to impersonate another Secret Server user.
- Record
CVE-2026-15640- CVSS 4.0
- 9.5 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-15640 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.5) in Delinea Secret Server (on-prem), published September 15, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.