diff --git a/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-4jwf-m4wg-8p66/GHSA-4jwf-m4wg-8p66.json b/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-4jwf-m4wg-8p66/GHSA-4jwf-m4wg-8p66.json index c7d69d9a007..cbdf8f38a61 100644 --- a/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-4jwf-m4wg-8p66/GHSA-4jwf-m4wg-8p66.json +++ b/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-4jwf-m4wg-8p66/GHSA-4jwf-m4wg-8p66.json @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ { "schema_version": "1.4.0", "id": "GHSA-4jwf-m4wg-8p66", - "modified": "2026-08-17T14:54:42Z", + "modified": "2026-08-17T14:54:43Z", "published": "2026-07-24T15:58:31Z", "aliases": [ "CVE-2026-59864" ], "summary": "Microsoft Kiota: Path/URL injection into generated Copilot plugin manifest via x-ai-* extensions", - "details": "### Summary\n\n`kiota plugin add` / `kiota plugin generate` (with `-t APIPlugin`) emits an attacker-controlled `static_template.file` path from the AI-plugin extensions (`x-ai-adaptive-card`, `x-ai-capabilities`) **verbatim**, with no path validation, into the generated Microsoft 365 Copilot / Teams plugin manifest (`-apiplugin.json`). An attacker-controlled or compromised OpenAPI description can therefore embed a `../` / absolute path into the manifest's `response_semantics.static_template.file`, yielding a **path traversal (CWE-22)** / out-of-package file inclusion (CWE-829) that is resolved by the AI host when the generated plugin is deployed.\n\nConfirmed on Kiota **1.32.4** (`KIOTA_CONFIG_PREVIEW=true`, the self-contained `linux-x64` release binary).\n\n### Details\n\nBoth extension paths write the `static_template.file` reference straight into the manifest without sanitization — `PluginsGenerationService.GetResponseSemanticsFromAdaptiveCardExtension` mints `static_template = {\"file\": }`, and the `x-ai-capabilities` path copies the `static_template` object through:\n\n```\n# spec -> generated manifest (functions[].capabilities.response_semantics)\nx-ai-adaptive-card: {title: T, data_path: $.x,\n file: \"../../../../../../etc/passwd\"} -> static_template.file = \"../../../../../../etc/passwd\" (CWE-22)\nx-ai-capabilities.response_semantics.static_template:\n {file: \"../../../../../../etc/passwd\"} -> static_template.file = \"../../../../../../etc/passwd\" (CWE-22)\n```\n\n(`x-ai-adaptive-card.file` only reaches the manifest when `title` is set, so `GetResponseSemanticsFromAdaptiveCardExtension` fires; otherwise kiota writes its own template card instead.)\n\n### Impact\n\n**This is not local code execution on the build host.** The injected path is written into the generated plugin manifest and realized **downstream**, when the plugin is packaged and sideloaded / deployed to an AI host (Microsoft 365 Copilot / Teams) that resolves `static_template.file` relative to the plugin package (out-of-package file reference via `../`). Kiota is the propagation point: it fails to reject `../` and absolute paths in this provider-supplied field before writing it into the manifest.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed in **1.29.1 and 1.32.5** (https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7892). `static_template.file` from both `x-ai-adaptive-card` and `x-ai-capabilities` is validated as a relative path confined to the plugin output package: absolute URIs, rooted/UNC paths, Windows drive paths, and `..` traversal segments are rejected, and unsafe references are dropped with a warning. Regression tests cover `..`, absolute paths, and URI values.\n\n### Remediation\n\nUpgrade to Kiota **1.29.1, 1.32.5** or later and regenerate affected plugins.", + "details": "### Summary\n\n`kiota plugin add` / `kiota plugin generate` (with `-t APIPlugin`) emits an attacker-controlled `static_template.file` path from the AI-plugin extensions (`x-ai-adaptive-card`, `x-ai-capabilities`) **verbatim**, with no path validation, into the generated Microsoft 365 Copilot / Teams plugin manifest (`-apiplugin.json`). An attacker-controlled or compromised OpenAPI description can therefore embed a `../` / absolute path into the manifest's `response_semantics.static_template.file`, yielding a **path traversal (CWE-22)** / out-of-package file inclusion (CWE-829) that is resolved by the AI host when the generated plugin is deployed.\n\nConfirmed on Kiota **1.32.4** (`KIOTA_CONFIG_PREVIEW=true`, the self-contained `linux-x64` release binary).\n\n### Details\n\nBoth extension paths write the `static_template.file` reference straight into the manifest without sanitization — `PluginsGenerationService.GetResponseSemanticsFromAdaptiveCardExtension` mints `static_template = {\"file\": }`, and the `x-ai-capabilities` path copies the `static_template` object through:\n\n```\n# spec -> generated manifest (functions[].capabilities.response_semantics)\nx-ai-adaptive-card: {title: T, data_path: $.x,\n file: \"../../../../../../etc/passwd\"} -> static_template.file = \"../../../../../../etc/passwd\" (CWE-22)\nx-ai-capabilities.response_semantics.static_template:\n {file: \"../../../../../../etc/passwd\"} -> static_template.file = \"../../../../../../etc/passwd\" (CWE-22)\n```\n\n(`x-ai-adaptive-card.file` only reaches the manifest when `title` is set, so `GetResponseSemanticsFromAdaptiveCardExtension` fires; otherwise kiota writes its own template card instead.)\n\n### Impact\n\n**This is not local code execution on the build host.** The injected path is written into the generated plugin manifest and realized **downstream**, when the plugin is packaged and sideloaded / deployed to an AI host (Microsoft 365 Copilot / Teams) that resolves `static_template.file` relative to the plugin package (out-of-package file reference via `../`). Kiota is the propagation point: it fails to reject `../` and absolute paths in this provider-supplied field before writing it into the manifest.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed in **1.32.5** (https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7892). `static_template.file` from both `x-ai-adaptive-card` and `x-ai-capabilities` is validated as a relative path confined to the plugin output package: absolute URIs, rooted/UNC paths, Windows drive paths, and `..` traversal segments are rejected, and unsafe references are dropped with a warning. Regression tests cover `..`, absolute paths, and URI values.\n\n### Remediation\n\nUpgrade to Kiota **1.32.5** or later and regenerate affected plugins.", "severity": [ { "type": "CVSS_V4", @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ { "package": { "ecosystem": "NuGet", - "name": "Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota" + "name": "Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota.Builder" }, "ranges": [ { @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ { "package": { "ecosystem": "NuGet", - "name": "Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota.Builder" + "name": "Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota" }, "ranges": [ {