High severity · published Nov 24, 2021
CVE-2021-42306
An information disclosure vulnerability manifests when a user or an application uploads unprotected private key data as part of an authentication certificate keyCredential  on an…
8.1
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability manifests when a user or an application uploads unprotected private key data as part of an authentication certificate keyCredential  on an Azure AD Application or Service Principal (which is not recommended). This vulnerability allows a user or service in the tenant with application read access to read the private key data that was added to the application. Azure AD addressed this vulnerability by preventing disclosure of any private key values added to the application. Microsoft has identified services that could manifest this vulnerability, and steps that customers should take to be protected. Refer to the FAQ section for more information. For more details on this issue, please refer to the MSRC Blog Entry.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AA
Azure Active Directory · Microsoft
before 2021-10-30 · source: NVD
AA
Azure Active Site Recovery · Microsoft
before 2021-11-01 · source: NVD
AA
Azure Automation · Microsoft
before 2021-10-15 · source: NVD
AM
Azure Migrate · Microsoft
before 2021-11-02 · source: NVD
Affected product
AA
Azure Active Directory
Microsoft
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