Critical severity · published Jul 16, 2026
CVE-2026-59866
Kiota: Arbitrary file write + code-injection via x-ms-kiota-info clientClassName and clientNamespaceName
9.3
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Kiota is an OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.32.5, Kiota emitted x-ms-kiota-info clientClassName and clientNamespaceName values without identifier or path sanitization as both generated client class or namespace names and generated output path components when `kiota generate` ran without -c/--class-name, allowing an attacker-controlled or compromised OpenAPI description to write generated source outside the -o output directory and inject arbitrary text into generated class or namespace declarations. This issue is fixed in version 1.29.1 and 1.32.5 by GenerationConfiguration.SanitizeClientClassName and SanitizeClientNamespaceName.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
kiota · microsoft
>= 1.30.0, < 1.31.1; < 1.29.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59866
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59866
github.com
https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/commit/dc812dbbf88ef7edf53a890d36b2f9d1460e947d
github.com
https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7884
github.com
https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.32.5
github.com
https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/security/advisories/GHSA-4vv7-jj25-4gh6
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