8.7
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-59860
Kiota: XML Doc-Comment Newline Breakout Code Injection
Description

Kiota is an OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator. Prior to 1.32.3, Kiota is affected by a code-generation injection vulnerability in the C# XML documentation-comment sink (the description, externalDocs label, and externalDocs link fields emitted as /// … comments). When text from an OpenAPI description is written into single-line XML doc comments without stripping newline and Unicode line-terminator characters, an attacker can break out of the /// comment line and inject additional code into generated C# clients. This issue is fixed in version 1.32.3.

INFO

Published Date :

July 16, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 16, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft kiota
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update Kiota to version 1.32.3 or later to fix the C# XML documentation-comment injection vulnerability.
  • Update Kiota to version 1.32.3.
  • Verify code generation for C# clients.
  • Review OpenAPI descriptions for malicious content.
  • Regenerate C# client code.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'microsoft', 'product': 'kiota', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '< 1.32.3'}]}]
    Added Description Kiota is an OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator. Prior to 1.32.3, Kiota is affected by a code-generation injection vulnerability in the C# XML documentation-comment sink (the description, externalDocs label, and externalDocs link fields emitted as /// … comments). When text from an OpenAPI description is written into single-line XML doc comments without stripping newline and Unicode line-terminator characters, an attacker can break out of the /// comment line and inject additional code into generated C# clients. This issue is fixed in version 1.32.3.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-94
    Added Reference https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/commit/ebb632db90aa8e3c20949337d9faa2720d64ca44
    Added Reference https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7831
    Added Reference https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.32.3
    Added Reference https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/security/advisories/GHSA-3hrf-2gc2-mx32
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