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CVE-2021-42306

Medium

Elevated severity or exploit probability.

CVSS base
8.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
3.3%
87.8th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-522
Published 2021-11-24 · modified 2026-08-19

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorNNetwork
Attack ComplexityLLow
Privileges RequiredLLow
User InteractionNNone
ScopeUUnchanged
ConfidentialityHHigh
IntegrityHHigh
AvailabilityNNone

Timeline

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.

Affected

microsoft

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org