diff --git a/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml.Tests/Saml2SecurityTokenHandlerTests.ValidateTokenAsyncTests.Algorithm.cs b/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml.Tests/Saml2SecurityTokenHandlerTests.ValidateTokenAsyncTests.Algorithm.cs
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.TestUtils;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml2;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml.Tests
+{
+#nullable enable
+    public partial class Saml2SecurityTokenHandlerTests
+    {
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(ValidateTokenAsync_Algorithm_TestCases), DisableDiscoveryEnumeration = true)]
+        public async Task ValidateTokenAsync_AlgorithmComparison(ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData theoryData)
+        {
+            var context = TestUtilities.WriteHeader($"{this}.ValidateTokenAsync_AlgorithmComparison", theoryData);
+
+            Saml2SecurityTokenHandler saml2TokenHandler = new Saml2SecurityTokenHandler();
+
+            Saml2SecurityToken saml2Token = CreateTokenForSignatureValidation(theoryData.SigningCredentials);
+
+            // Validate the token using TokenValidationParameters
+            TokenValidationResult tokenValidationResult =
+                await saml2TokenHandler.ValidateTokenAsync(saml2Token.Assertion.CanonicalString, theoryData.TokenValidationParameters);
+
+            // Validate the token using ValidationParameters.
+            ValidationResult<ValidatedToken> validationResult =
+                await saml2TokenHandler.ValidateTokenAsync(
+                    saml2Token,
+                    theoryData.ValidationParameters!,
+                    theoryData.CallContext,
+                    CancellationToken.None);
+
+            // Ensure the validity of the results match the expected result.
+            if (tokenValidationResult.IsValid != validationResult.IsValid)
+            {
+                context.AddDiff($"tokenValidationResult.IsValid != validationResult.IsSuccess");
+                theoryData.ExpectedExceptionValidationParameters!.ProcessException(validationResult.UnwrapError().GetException(), context);
+                theoryData.ExpectedException.ProcessException(tokenValidationResult.Exception, context);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (tokenValidationResult.IsValid)
+                {
+                    // Verify that the validated tokens from both paths match.
+                    ValidatedToken validatedToken = validationResult.UnwrapResult();
+                    IdentityComparer.AreEqual(validatedToken.SecurityToken, tokenValidationResult.SecurityToken, context);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // Verify the exception provided by both paths match.
+                    var tokenValidationResultException = tokenValidationResult.Exception;
+                    var validationResultException = validationResult.UnwrapError().GetException();
+
+                    if (theoryData.TestId == "Invalid_TokenSignedWithDifferentKey_KeyIdPresent_TryAllKeysFalse")
+                        Console.WriteLine($"tokenValidationResultException: {tokenValidationResultException}");
+
+                    theoryData.ExpectedException.ProcessException(tokenValidationResult.Exception, context);
+                    theoryData.ExpectedExceptionValidationParameters!.ProcessException(validationResult.UnwrapError().GetException(), context);
+                }
+
+                TestUtilities.AssertFailIfErrors(context);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static TheoryData<ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData> ValidateTokenAsync_Algorithm_TestCases
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var theoryData = new TheoryData<ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData>();
+
+                theoryData.Add(new ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData("Valid_AlgorithmIsValid")
+                {
+                    SigningCredentials = KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2,
+                    TokenValidationParameters = CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key,
+                        validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.RsaSha256Signature]),
+                    ValidationParameters = CreateValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key,
+                        validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.RsaSha256Signature]),
+                });
+
+                theoryData.Add(new ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData("Valid_ValidAlgorithmsIsNull")
+                {
+                    SigningCredentials = KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2,
+                    TokenValidationParameters = CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key,
+                        validAlgorithms: null),
+                    ValidationParameters = CreateValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key,
+                        validAlgorithms: null),
+                });
+
+                theoryData.Add(new ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData("Valid_ValidAlgorithmsIsEmptyList")
+                {
+                    SigningCredentials = KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2,
+                    TokenValidationParameters = CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key, validAlgorithms: []),
+                    ValidationParameters = CreateValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key, validAlgorithms: []),
+                });
+
+                theoryData.Add(new ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData("Invalid_TokenIsSignedWithAnInvalidAlgorithm_TryAllKeysFalse")
+                {
+                    // Token is signed with HmacSha256 but only sha256 is considered valid for this test's purposes
+                    SigningCredentials = KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2,
+                    TokenValidationParameters = CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                            KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2.Key,
+                            validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.Sha256],
+                            tryAllKeys: false),
+                    ValidationParameters = CreateValidationParameters(
+                            KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2.Key,
+                            validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.Sha256],
+                            tryAllKeys: false),
+                    ExpectedIsValid = false,
+                    ExpectedException = ExpectedException.SecurityTokenSignatureKeyNotFoundException("IDX10500:"),
+                    ExpectedExceptionValidationParameters = ExpectedException.SecurityTokenSignatureKeyNotFoundException("IDX10500:"),
+                });
+
+                theoryData.Add(new ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData("Invalid_TokenIsSignedWithAnInvalidAlgorithm_TryAllKeysTrue")
+                {
+                    // Token is signed with HmacSha256 but only sha256 is considered valid for this test's purposes
+                    SigningCredentials = KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2,
+                    TokenValidationParameters = CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                            KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2.Key,
+                            validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.Sha256],
+                            tryAllKeys: true),
+                    ValidationParameters = CreateValidationParameters(
+                            KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2.Key,
+                            validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.Sha256],
+                            tryAllKeys: true),
+                    ExpectedIsValid = false,
+                    ExpectedException = ExpectedException.SecurityTokenSignatureKeyNotFoundException("IDX10512:"),
+                    ExpectedExceptionValidationParameters = ExpectedException.SecurityTokenSignatureKeyNotFoundException("IDX10512:"),
+                });
+
+                return theoryData;
+
+                static ValidationParameters CreateValidationParameters(
+                    SecurityKey? signingKey = null, List<string>? validAlgorithms = null, bool tryAllKeys = false)
+                {
+                    ValidationParameters validationParameters = new ValidationParameters();
+
+                    if (signingKey is not null)
+                        validationParameters.IssuerSigningKeys.Add(signingKey);
+
+                    validationParameters.ValidAlgorithms = validAlgorithms;
+
+                    validationParameters.AudienceValidator = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipAudienceValidation;
+                    validationParameters.IssuerSigningKeyValidator = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipIssuerSigningKeyValidation;
+                    validationParameters.IssuerValidatorAsync = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipIssuerValidation;
+                    validationParameters.LifetimeValidator = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipLifetimeValidation;
+                    validationParameters.TokenReplayValidator = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipTokenReplayValidation;
+                    validationParameters.TokenTypeValidator = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipTokenTypeValidation;
+                    validationParameters.TryAllIssuerSigningKeys = tryAllKeys;
+
+                    return validationParameters;
+                }
+
+                static TokenValidationParameters CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                    SecurityKey? signingKey = null, List<string>? validAlgorithms = null, bool tryAllKeys = false)
+                {
+                    return new TokenValidationParameters
+                    {
+                        ValidateAudience = false,
+                        ValidateIssuer = false,
+                        ValidateLifetime = false,
+                        ValidateTokenReplay = false,
+                        ValidateIssuerSigningKey = false,
+                        RequireSignedTokens = true,
+                        RequireAudience = false,
+                        IssuerSigningKey = signingKey,
+                        ValidAlgorithms = validAlgorithms,
+                        TryAllIssuerSigningKeys = tryAllKeys,
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public class ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData : TheoryDataBase
+        {
+            public ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData(string testId) : base(testId) { }
+
+            internal ExpectedException? ExpectedExceptionValidationParameters { get; set; } = ExpectedException.NoExceptionExpected;
+
+            internal SigningCredentials? SigningCredentials { get; set; } = null;
+
+            internal bool ExpectedIsValid { get; set; } = true;
+
+            internal ValidationParameters? ValidationParameters { get; set; }
+
+            internal TokenValidationParameters? TokenValidationParameters { get; set; }
+        }
+
+    }
+}
+#nullable restore
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml.Tests/SamlSecurityTokenHandlerTests.ValidateTokenAsyncTests.Algorithm.cs b/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml.Tests/SamlSecurityTokenHandlerTests.ValidateTokenAsyncTests.Algorithm.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d1a77c4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml.Tests/SamlSecurityTokenHandlerTests.ValidateTokenAsyncTests.Algorithm.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.TestUtils;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml.Tests
+{
+#nullable enable
+    public partial class SamlSecurityTokenHandlerTests
+    {
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(ValidateTokenAsync_Algorithm_TestCases), DisableDiscoveryEnumeration = true)]
+        public async Task ValidateTokenAsync_AlgorithmComparison(ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData theoryData)
+        {
+            var context = TestUtilities.WriteHeader($"{this}.ValidateTokenAsync_AlgorithmComparison", theoryData);
+
+            SamlSecurityTokenHandler samlTokenHandler = new SamlSecurityTokenHandler();
+
+            var samlToken = CreateTokenForSignatureValidation(theoryData.SigningCredentials);
+
+            // Validate the token using TokenValidationParameters
+            TokenValidationResult tokenValidationResult =
+                await samlTokenHandler.ValidateTokenAsync(samlToken.Assertion.CanonicalString, theoryData.TokenValidationParameters);
+
+            // Validate the token using ValidationParameters.
+            ValidationResult<ValidatedToken> validationResult =
+                await samlTokenHandler.ValidateTokenAsync(
+                    samlToken,
+                    theoryData.ValidationParameters!,
+                    theoryData.CallContext,
+                    CancellationToken.None);
+
+            // Ensure the validity of the results match the expected result.
+            if (tokenValidationResult.IsValid != validationResult.IsValid)
+            {
+                context.AddDiff($"tokenValidationResult.IsValid != validationResult.IsSuccess");
+                theoryData.ExpectedExceptionValidationParameters!.ProcessException(validationResult.UnwrapError().GetException(), context);
+                theoryData.ExpectedException.ProcessException(tokenValidationResult.Exception, context);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (tokenValidationResult.IsValid)
+                {
+                    // Verify that the validated tokens from both paths match.
+                    ValidatedToken validatedToken = validationResult.UnwrapResult();
+                    IdentityComparer.AreEqual(validatedToken.SecurityToken, tokenValidationResult.SecurityToken, context);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // Verify the exception provided by both paths match.
+                    var tokenValidationResultException = tokenValidationResult.Exception;
+                    var validationResultException = validationResult.UnwrapError().GetException();
+
+                    if (theoryData.TestId == "Invalid_TokenSignedWithDifferentKey_KeyIdPresent_TryAllKeysFalse")
+                        Console.WriteLine($"tokenValidationResultException: {tokenValidationResultException}");
+
+                    theoryData.ExpectedException.ProcessException(tokenValidationResult.Exception, context);
+                    theoryData.ExpectedExceptionValidationParameters!.ProcessException(validationResult.UnwrapError().GetException(), context);
+                }
+
+                TestUtilities.AssertFailIfErrors(context);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static TheoryData<ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData> ValidateTokenAsync_Algorithm_TestCases
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var theoryData = new TheoryData<ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData>();
+
+                theoryData.Add(new ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData("Valid_AlgorithmIsValid")
+                {
+                    SigningCredentials = KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2,
+                    TokenValidationParameters = CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key,
+                        validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.RsaSha256Signature]),
+                    ValidationParameters = CreateValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key,
+                        validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.RsaSha256Signature]),
+                });
+
+                theoryData.Add(new ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData("Valid_ValidAlgorithmsIsNull")
+                {
+                    SigningCredentials = KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2,
+                    TokenValidationParameters = CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key,
+                        validAlgorithms: null),
+                    ValidationParameters = CreateValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key,
+                        validAlgorithms: null),
+                });
+
+                theoryData.Add(new ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData("Valid_ValidAlgorithmsIsEmptyList")
+                {
+                    SigningCredentials = KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2,
+                    TokenValidationParameters = CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key, validAlgorithms: []),
+                    ValidationParameters = CreateValidationParameters(
+                        KeyingMaterial.DefaultX509SigningCreds_2048_RsaSha2_Sha2.Key, validAlgorithms: []),
+                });
+
+                theoryData.Add(new ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData("Invalid_TokenIsSignedWithAnInvalidAlgorithm_TryAllKeysFalse")
+                {
+                    // Token is signed with HmacSha256 but only sha256 is considered valid for this test's purposes
+                    SigningCredentials = KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2,
+                    TokenValidationParameters = CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                            KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2.Key,
+                            validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.Sha256],
+                            tryAllKeys: false),
+                    ValidationParameters = CreateValidationParameters(
+                            KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2.Key,
+                            validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.Sha256],
+                            tryAllKeys: false),
+                    ExpectedIsValid = false,
+                    ExpectedException = ExpectedException.SecurityTokenSignatureKeyNotFoundException("IDX10500:"),
+                    ExpectedExceptionValidationParameters = ExpectedException.SecurityTokenSignatureKeyNotFoundException("IDX10500:"),
+                });
+
+                theoryData.Add(new ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData("Invalid_TokenIsSignedWithAnInvalidAlgorithm_TryAllKeysTrue")
+                {
+                    // Token is signed with HmacSha256 but only sha256 is considered valid for this test's purposes
+                    SigningCredentials = KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2,
+                    TokenValidationParameters = CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                            KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2.Key,
+                            validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.Sha256],
+                            tryAllKeys: true),
+                    ValidationParameters = CreateValidationParameters(
+                            KeyingMaterial.DefaultSymmetricSigningCreds_256_Sha2.Key,
+                            validAlgorithms: [SecurityAlgorithms.Sha256],
+                            tryAllKeys: true),
+                    ExpectedIsValid = false,
+                    ExpectedException = ExpectedException.SecurityTokenSignatureKeyNotFoundException("IDX10512:"),
+                    ExpectedExceptionValidationParameters = ExpectedException.SecurityTokenSignatureKeyNotFoundException("IDX10512:"),
+                });
+
+                return theoryData;
+
+                static ValidationParameters CreateValidationParameters(
+                    SecurityKey? signingKey = null, List<string>? validAlgorithms = null, bool tryAllKeys = false)
+                {
+                    ValidationParameters validationParameters = new ValidationParameters();
+
+                    if (signingKey is not null)
+                        validationParameters.IssuerSigningKeys.Add(signingKey);
+
+                    validationParameters.ValidAlgorithms = validAlgorithms;
+
+                    validationParameters.AudienceValidator = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipAudienceValidation;
+                    validationParameters.IssuerSigningKeyValidator = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipIssuerSigningKeyValidation;
+                    validationParameters.IssuerValidatorAsync = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipIssuerValidation;
+                    validationParameters.LifetimeValidator = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipLifetimeValidation;
+                    validationParameters.TokenReplayValidator = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipTokenReplayValidation;
+                    validationParameters.TokenTypeValidator = SkipValidationDelegates.SkipTokenTypeValidation;
+                    validationParameters.TryAllIssuerSigningKeys = tryAllKeys;
+
+                    return validationParameters;
+                }
+
+                static TokenValidationParameters CreateTokenValidationParameters(
+                    SecurityKey? signingKey = null, List<string>? validAlgorithms = null, bool tryAllKeys = false)
+                {
+                    return new TokenValidationParameters
+                    {
+                        ValidateAudience = false,
+                        ValidateIssuer = false,
+                        ValidateLifetime = false,
+                        ValidateTokenReplay = false,
+                        ValidateIssuerSigningKey = false,
+                        RequireSignedTokens = true,
+                        RequireAudience = false,
+                        IssuerSigningKey = signingKey,
+                        ValidAlgorithms = validAlgorithms,
+                        TryAllIssuerSigningKeys = tryAllKeys,
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public class ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData : TheoryDataBase
+        {
+            public ValidateTokenAsyncAlgorithmTheoryData(string testId) : base(testId) { }
+
+            internal ExpectedException? ExpectedExceptionValidationParameters { get; set; } = ExpectedException.NoExceptionExpected;
+
+            internal SigningCredentials? SigningCredentials { get; set; } = null;
+
+            internal bool ExpectedIsValid { get; set; } = true;
+
+            internal ValidationParameters? ValidationParameters { get; set; }
+
+            internal TokenValidationParameters? TokenValidationParameters { get; set; }
+        }
+
+    }
+}
+#nullable restore