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We are currently experiencing some issues with our cloud provider which may be affecting certain OpenAthens services. We are investigating and will do all we can to lessen the impact to our customers.
Institutional customers using custom SAML resources in OpenAthens should be aware of security vulnerabilities in Shibboleth Service Provider software and SimpleSAML Service Provider software which might affect the vendors they are connecting with.
What you need to do: We suggest institutional customers using custom SAML resources in OpenAthens send these links to their vendors and ask them to confirm their Service Provider software is either unaffected or that the vulnerability has been addressed. To find the resources, please go into the admin area and look at the custom tab within the resource catalogue, you only need to concern yourself with the ones that say SAML.
You can find more information here: https://shibboleth.net/pipermail/announce/2025-March/000337.html https://simplesamlphp.org/security/202501-01
For the avoidance of doubt: these vulnerabilities do NOT affect the OpenAthens service. Please direct all queries to the vendors for which your institution is using custom SAML resources in OpenAthens.
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OpenAthens Components
OpenAthens Authentication Point
OpenAthens Authentication API
OpenAthens Authentication broker
OpenAthens Managed Proxy service
We are currently experiencing some issues with our cloud provider which may be affecting certain OpenAthens services. We are investigating and will do all we can to lessen the impact to our customers.
OpenAthens Federation
We are currently experiencing some issues with our cloud provider which may be affecting certain OpenAthens services. We are investigating and will do all we can to lessen the impact to our customers.
OpenAthens Keystone
OpenAthens Redirector
OpenAthens Wayfinder
OpenAthens MyAthens user portal
OpenAthens Self-registration service
OpenAthens Account Administration website
Institutional customers using custom SAML resources in OpenAthens should be aware of security vulnerabilities in Shibboleth Service Provider software and SimpleSAML Service Provider software which might affect the vendors they are connecting with.
What you need to do: We suggest institutional customers using custom SAML resources in OpenAthens send these links to their vendors and ask them to confirm their Service Provider software is either unaffected or that the vulnerability has been addressed. To find the resources, please go into the admin area and look at the custom tab within the resource catalogue, you only need to concern yourself with the ones that say SAML.
You can find more information here: https://shibboleth.net/pipermail/announce/2025-March/000337.html https://simplesamlphp.org/security/202501-01
For the avoidance of doubt: these vulnerabilities do NOT affect the OpenAthens service. Please direct all queries to the vendors for which your institution is using custom SAML resources in OpenAthens.
We are currently experiencing some issues with our cloud provider which may be affecting certain OpenAthens services. We are investigating and will do all we can to lessen the impact to our customers.
