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CVE-2024-35255
medium
CVSS 5.5
Azure Identity Libraries and Microsoft Authentication Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Azure Identity Libraries and Microsoft Authentication Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
AI summary snake-internal / snake-template-v1
A weakness called CVE-2024-35255 was discovered in Microsoft.
Severity is Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Exploitation requires specific conditions but can cause real harm if successful.
What you should do: update the affected software to the latest version. If unsure, ask your IT team or search the vendor's site for "Microsoft CVE-2024-35255".
CVE-2024-35255 (Microsoft). Severity: Medium / CVSSv3 5.5. Category: CWE-362.
Response plan:
1. Check the vendor advisory for affected versions and the patched release.
2. If a vulnerable version is running in production, schedule maintenance (urgency from KEV/CVSS).
3. If no patch yet, mitigate via WAF rule, disabling the affected feature, etc.
4. Monitor logs / SIEM for known IOC and PoC signatures of this CVE.
PoCs and fix commits: see the 'References' section, MITRE, and NVD.
❓ What is the problem
A weakness (CVE-2024-35255) in Microsoft. A serious software flaw has been identified.
📍 Affected scope
Target versions of Microsoft (see vendor advisory). If running in production, identify exposure immediately.
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Exploitation requires specific conditions but can cause real harm if successful.
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release as listed in the vendor advisory. (Typical mitigation pattern for CWE-362)
🛡️ Workaround
If a patch is not yet available, consider disabling the affected feature, applying WAF rules, blocking via network ACLs, or isolating the vulnerable version.
🔍 Detection
Check version information, scan dependencies via SBOM, and monitor SIEM for IOC and PoC signatures related to this CVE.
Affected packages
PyPI
azure-identity
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.16.1"}]}]
npm
@azure/identity
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.1"}]}]
Maven
com.azure:azure-identity
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.12.2"}]}]
npm
@azure/msal-node
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"2.7.0"},{"fixed":"2.9.2"}]}]
NuGet
Microsoft.Identity.Client
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.61.0"},{"fixed":"4.61.3"}]}]
Go
github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.0-beta.4.0.20240610221955-50774cd97099"}]}]
Maven
com.microsoft.azure:msal4j
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.14.4-beta"},{"fixed":"1.15.1"}]}]
NuGet
Azure.Identity
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.11.4"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35255
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5vv-6r4h-3vj9
- package https://pypi.org/project/azure-identity
- web https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35255
- web https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet/issues/4806#issuecomment-2178960340
- web https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/commit/50774cd9709905523136fb05e8c85a50e8984499
- web https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/commit/5bf020d6ea056de40e2738e3647a4e06f902c18d
- web https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-js/commit/c6aa75d312ae463e744163cedfd8fc480cc8d492
- web https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/commit/9279a4f38bf69b457cfb9b354f210e0a540a5c53
- web https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/commit/cb065acd7d0f957327dc4f02d1646d4e51a94178