CVE-2025-59218 Azure Entra ID Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Critical 9.6
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59218 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-59218 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Entra, published on 9 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Microsoft Entra. 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-2025-59218/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59218/index.md)
Attackers can elevate privileges within Azure Entra ID, potentially gaining unauthorized administrative access to cloud resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-59218?
CVE-2025-59218 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Entra, published on 9 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Azure Entra ID Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59218?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Entra Id.
How do I fix CVE-2025-59218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-59218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-pmp8-r9f8-3f24.