CVE-2019-1258
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.038 · 90 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
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affected products (14)
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- microsoft active directory authentication library= 5.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:active_directory_authentication_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft active directory authentication library= 5.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:active_directory_authentication_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft active directory authentication library= 5.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:active_directory_authentication_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft active directory authentication library= 5.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:active_directory_authentication_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft active directory authentication library5.0.5 → 5.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:active_directory_authentication_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- NuGet microsoft.identitymodel.clients.activedirectory5.0.0 → 5.2.0osvUSpkg:nuget/microsoft.identitymodel.clients.activedirectory
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-xc6x-cq47-9chwVulnerability in Azure Active Directory Authentication Library2019-08-16ghsa · osvUS
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Azure Active Directory Authentication Library On-Behalf-Of flow, in the way the library caches tokens, aka 'Azure Active Directory Authentication Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
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references (5)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1258cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1258cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/zh-CN/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1258cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1258enisa_euvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1258PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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