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CVE-2019-1258
Published:August 14, 2019
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
microsoft.identitymodel.clients.activedirectory (NUGET):
Affected version(s) >=5.0.0-preview <5.2.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.2.0
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
EPSS
Base Score:
10.65