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CVE-2026-59866: Microsoft Kiota: Arbitrary file write + code-injection via x-ms-kiota-info clientClassName and clientNamespaceName

July 24, 2026

Microsoft Kiota emitted the x-ms-kiota-info extension’s clientClassName or clientNamespaceName value raw, with no identifier or path sanitization, as both the generated client’s class/namespace name and part of the generated output path. When kiota generate is run without -c/--class-name — the zero-config workflow that x-ms-kiota-info is explicitly designed for (the API provider supplies the names in the description so consumers don’t have to) — an attacker who controls or tampers with the OpenAPI description could therefore:

  • (CWE-22) write the generated source file to a path outside the -o output directory — e.g. clientClassName: "/var/www/html/shell"; and
  • (CWE-94) inject arbitrary text into the generated class/namespace declaration, corrupting the generated client.

Confirmed on Kiota 1.32.4 (the self-contained linux-x64 release binary), i.e. after the earlier writer-sink hardening — that fix escaped property/enum/default/serialization sinks but never sanitized the provider-supplied clientClassName / clientNamespaceName.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4vv7-jj25-4gh6
  • github.com/microsoft/kiota/commit/dc812dbbf88ef7edf53a890d36b2f9d1460e947d
  • github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7884
  • github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.32.5
  • github.com/microsoft/kiota/security/advisories/GHSA-4vv7-jj25-4gh6
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59866

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.32.5

Fixed versions

  • 1.32.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.32.5 or above.

Impact 7.1 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Source file

nuget/Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota/CVE-2026-59866.yml

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