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3550421 - SAML2 metadata is generated with incorrect hostname

Symptom

1. A Service Provider (SP) configuration has been set up. Upon generating the SAML metadata file, it was observed that the parameters, such as the following examples, contain the server hostname instead of the web dispatcher/proxy hostname:

</m:KeyDescriptor>
<m:SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://<serverHostname>/sap/saml2/sp/slo/"/>
<m:SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect" Location="https://<serverHostname>/sap/saml2/sp/slo/"/>
<m:AssertionConsumerService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://<serverHostname>/sap/saml2/sp/acs/" index="0" isDefault="true"/>

2. A SAML trace collected during the metadata export reveals that the header "host: " contains the incorrect (server) hostname:

Incoming HTTP request:
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GET /sap/saml2/sp/metadata?sap-client=<clientNumber> HTTP/1.1

HTTP headers:
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 ~request_line:  GET /sap/saml2/sp/metadata?sap-client=<clientNumber> HTTP/1.1
 ~request_method:  GET
 ~request_uri:  /sap/saml2/sp/metadata?sap-client=<clientNumber>
 ~path:  /sap/saml2/sp/metadata
 ~path_translated:  /sap/saml2/sp/metadata
 ~query_string:  sap-client=<clientNumber>
 ~server_protocol:  HTTP/1.1
 host:  <serverHostname>


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Product

SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP all versions ; SAP S/4HANA all versions ; SAP Single Sign-On all versions

Keywords

SAML, SAML2, metadata, hostname, URL, proxy , KBA , BC-SEC-LGN-SML , SAML 2.0 for ABAP , Problem

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