Collected research

GitHub Enterprise SAML Authentication Bypass

GitHub Enterprise SAML Authentication Bypass (CVE-2024-4985 / CVE-2024-9487) — ProjectDiscovery Blog

Harsh Jaiswal and Rahul Maini · ProjectDiscovery

Explains GitHub Enterprise SAML authentication failures caused by differences between the assertions validated for signatures and those consumed after decryption. Reconstructs the vulnerable processing order and a subsequent bypass, with disclosure context acknowledging an earlier private report.

Record

Document

GitHub Enterprise SAML Authentication Bypass (CVE-2024-4985 / CVE-2024-9487) — ProjectDiscovery Blog

Researcher

Harsh Jaiswal and Rahul Maini

Published by

ProjectDiscovery

Topic

Identity

In the archive

• Collected in the 2024 research round

Tags

• saml
• auth-bypass
• crypto
• owasp-a01-2021
• owasp-a02-2021
• owasp-a07-2021

This page is the archive's own catalogue record. The research is the work of Harsh Jaiswal and Rahul Maini, first published at the original source. Preserved copies are kept so the citation survives its host; this one was last captured on 22 September 2026.