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CVE-2026-59863 (GCVE-0-2026-59863)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-16 14:42 – Updated: 2026-08-17 15:02

Title

Kiota: Workspace-config poisoning: out-of-repo file write + generation-time SSRF

Summary

Kiota is an OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator. Prior to 1.29.1 and 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 CI host. This issue is fixed in version 1.29.1 and 1.32.5.

Severity

7 (High)


                        
                          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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-16 15:22 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 8049 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7885	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/commit/4049327…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.32.5	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
microsoft	kiota	Affected: >= 1.30.0, < 1.31.1 Affected: < 1.29.1	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-59863

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-16 15:16 - Updated: 2026-10-24 20:10

Severity

7.0 (High) - 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

Summary

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	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7885
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.32.5
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/security/advisories/GHSA-4rj6-vrwv-wr8m

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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      "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/commit/4049327872db7846ace35c9003774d3e3878e4e9"
    },
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7885"
    },
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.32.5"
    },
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/security/advisories/GHSA-4rj6-vrwv-wr8m"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "security-advisories@github.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-22"
        }
      ],
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-4RJ6-VRWV-WR8M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-24 16:11 – Updated: 2026-08-17 14:54

Summary

Microsoft Kiota Workspace-config poisoning: out-of-repo file write + generation-time SSRF

Details

Summary

Microsoft Kiota honors a poisoned .kiota/workspace.json — the workspace configuration that Kiota's documented team workflow has developers commit to their repository — unvalidated on kiota client generate / kiota plugin generate. A repository (or pull request) containing a malicious per-client / per-plugin outputPath causes Kiota, when a developer or CI runs the documented regenerate command, to (CWE-22) write the entire generated client to an arbitrary path outside the workspace — the outputPath was not confined to the workspace root and absolute paths were accepted.

Confirmed on Kiota 1.32.4 (KIOTA_CONFIG_PREVIEW=true, the self-contained linux-x64 release binary).

Details

// .kiota/workspace.json (committed to the repo)
"clients": { "MyClient": {
   "outputPath": "/abs/path/outside/repo/pwned_client"   // -> generated client written here (CWE-22)
}}

Running kiota client generate --client-name MyClient in the repo writes MyClient.cs, P/PRequestBuilder.cs, … to the attacker-chosen outputPath (verified outside the working tree).

Note on `descriptionLocation`

The per-consumer descriptionLocation is intentionally fetched at generation time — this is how Kiota knows where to pull an updated description from when refreshing a client, the same way any other value in a committed lock/config file is honored. It is not treated as a vulnerability and is unchanged; only outputPath is now confined.

Impact

A malicious or compromised repository — or a malicious PR that edits .kiota/workspace.json — leads to arbitrary file write on the developer's or CI host's filesystem (overwrite source/build files, drop files in auto-loaded locations) whenever a teammate clones/pulls and runs the documented kiota client generate / kiota plugin generate to refresh the client. CWE-22.

This is a different trust boundary from the OpenAPI-description-based findings: the malicious input is the Kiota config, not the spec.

Patches

Fixed in 1.29.1 and 1.32.5 (https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7885). On loading a workspace configuration, each client/plugin outputPath is validated to be a relative subdirectory of the workspace: null/empty, rooted paths (POSIX /, UNC \\ / //, Windows drive X:\), and any .. traversal segment are rejected, and the resolved full path must stay under the workspace root. Generation aborts with an error if any consumer's outputPath escapes the workspace.

Remediation

Upgrade to Kiota 1.29.1, 1.32.5 or later. Review any committed workspace configs for outputPath values that point outside the workspace.

Severity

7.0 (High)


                  
                    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

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "NuGet",
        "name": "Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota"
      },
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  "aliases": [
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      "CWE-918"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-07-24T16:11:24Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-07-16T15:16:35Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nMicrosoft Kiota honors a poisoned `.kiota/workspace.json` \u2014 the workspace configuration that Kiota\u0027s\ndocumented team workflow has developers commit to their repository \u2014 **unvalidated** on\n`kiota client generate` / `kiota plugin generate`. A repository (or pull request) containing a malicious\nper-client / per-plugin `outputPath` causes Kiota, when a developer or CI runs the documented regenerate\ncommand, to **(CWE-22) write the entire generated client to an arbitrary path outside the workspace** \u2014 the\n`outputPath` was not confined to the workspace root and absolute paths were accepted.\n\nConfirmed on Kiota **1.32.4** (`KIOTA_CONFIG_PREVIEW=true`, the self-contained `linux-x64` release binary).\n\n### Details\n\n```jsonc\n// .kiota/workspace.json (committed to the repo)\n\"clients\": { \"MyClient\": {\n   \"outputPath\": \"/abs/path/outside/repo/pwned_client\"   // -\u003e generated client written here (CWE-22)\n}}\n```\n\nRunning `kiota client generate --client-name MyClient` in the repo writes `MyClient.cs`,\n`P/PRequestBuilder.cs`, \u2026 to the attacker-chosen `outputPath` (verified outside the working tree).\n\n#### Note on `descriptionLocation`\n\nThe per-consumer `descriptionLocation` is intentionally fetched at generation time \u2014 this is how Kiota knows\nwhere to pull an updated description from when refreshing a client, the same way any other value in a\ncommitted lock/config file is honored. It is **not** treated as a vulnerability and is unchanged; only\n`outputPath` is now confined.\n\n### Impact\n\nA malicious or compromised repository \u2014 or a malicious PR that edits `.kiota/workspace.json` \u2014 leads to\narbitrary file write on the developer\u0027s or CI host\u0027s filesystem (overwrite source/build files, drop files in\nauto-loaded locations) whenever a teammate clones/pulls and runs the documented `kiota client generate` /\n`kiota plugin generate` to refresh the client. CWE-22.\n\nThis is a different trust boundary from the OpenAPI-description-based findings: the malicious input is the\nKiota **config**, not the spec.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed in **1.29.1 and 1.32.5** (https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7885). On loading a workspace configuration,\neach client/plugin `outputPath` is validated to be a relative subdirectory of the workspace: null/empty,\nrooted paths (POSIX `/`, UNC `\\\\` / `//`, Windows drive `X:\\`), and any `..` traversal segment are rejected,\nand the resolved full path must stay under the workspace root. Generation aborts with an error if any\nconsumer\u0027s `outputPath` escapes the workspace.\n\n### Remediation\n\nUpgrade to Kiota **1.29.1, 1.32.5** or later. Review any committed workspace configs for `outputPath` values that\npoint outside the workspace.",
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  "modified": "2026-08-17T14:54:18Z",
  "published": "2026-07-24T16:11:24Z",
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
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      "score": "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",
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}

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GHSA-4RJ6-VRWV-WR8M

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