Important EPSS 0.03799 2019-08 archive

Executive Summary

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.

Overview

Important
MS Severity
Not Exploited
MS Exploit Status
Less Likely
MS Exploit Likelihood
Category Elevation of Privilege
Released Aug 13 2019
Last Updated Aug 13 2019
Publicly Disclosed No
CISA KEV Not Listed
Known Exploits None Known
EPSS Score 0.03799 — 0.88616 percentile

EPSS Score

0.03799
probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.88616 percentile - updated 2026-06-20
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Affected Products

2 affected products
Product KB Article Severity Impact Restart Required
ADAL.NET Release Notes (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Maybe
Nuget 5.2.0 Release Notes (Security Update) Important Elevation of Privilege Maybe

Patches

1 patch
Article Type Restart
Release Notes Security Update Maybe

Known Exploits

Acknowledgments

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