CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-59863
Kiota is an OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator. Prior to 1.32.5, Kiota honored a poisoned .kiota/workspace.json workspace configuration without validating per-client or per-plugin outputPath values during kiota client generate and kiota plugin generate, allowing a malicious repository or pull request to use absolute paths, rooted POSIX / paths, UNC \\ or // paths, Windows drive X:\ paths, or .. traversal segments to write generated client files outside the workspace root on a developer or
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"kiota","vendor":"microsoft","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 1.32.5"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:817708acda5794a6860b1a106abf441ba5b44cbade434974e4414c02ce074eec · sha256:5ffdb567a24958f0… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"ACTIVE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"LOW","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:817708acda5794a6860b1a106abf441ba5b44cbade434974e4414c02ce074eec · sha256:5ffdb567a24958f0… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:817708acda5794a6860b1a106abf441ba5b44cbade434974e4414c02ce074eec · sha256:5ffdb567a24958f0… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
4 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/commit/4049327872db7846ace35c9003774d3e3878e4e9","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/commit/4049327872db7846ace35c9003774d3e3878e4e9"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:817708acda5794a6860b1a106abf441ba5b44cbade434974e4414c02ce074eec · sha256:5ffdb567a24958f0… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7885","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7885"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:817708acda5794a6860b1a106abf441ba5b44cbade434974e4414c02ce074eec · sha256:5ffdb567a24958f0… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.32.5","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.32.5"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:817708acda5794a6860b1a106abf441ba5b44cbade434974e4414c02ce074eec · sha256:5ffdb567a24958f0… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"name":"https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/security/advisories/GHSA-4rj6-vrwv-wr8m","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/security/advisories/GHSA-4rj6-vrwv-wr8m"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:817708acda5794a6860b1a106abf441ba5b44cbade434974e4414c02ce074eec · sha256:5ffdb567a24958f0… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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