Vulnerability in Microsoft Active Directory Authentication Library

CVE-2019-1258

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Azure Active Directory Authentication Library On-Behalf-Of flow, in the way the library caches tokens. This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to perform actions in context of another user. The authenticated attacker can exploit this vulneraiblity by accessing a service configured for On-Behalf-Of flow that assigns incorrect tokens. This security update addresses the vulnerability by removing fallback cache look-up for On-Behalf-Of scenarios.

EPSS: 0.038 (89.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1258?
CVE-2019-1258 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Active Directory Authentication Library. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-1258?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.