# CVE-2025-29817: Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Information Disclosure Vulnerability

> An authorized attacker can disclose information over a network due to an uncontrolled search path element in Power Automate Desktop.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-64v9-w92q-4pv8

## What is CVE-2025-29817?

CVE-2025-29817 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop, published on 15 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Uncontrolled search path element in Power Automate allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-29817?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-29817?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-29817 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-29817 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-29817 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop

- [CVE-2025-47966](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47966/): Power Automate Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-21187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21187/): Microsoft Power Automate Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-77897](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-77897/): Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2026-40374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40374/): Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Information Disclosure Vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-29817 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-29817 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop, published on 15 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-29817 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-29817/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-29817/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-29817
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-29817
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29817

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-29817/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.