Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach network-facing Entra ID endpoint
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DeliveryCraft malicious serialized payload
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ExploitSubmit to deserialization handler
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ExecutionTrigger unsafe object deserialization
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PersistExecute arbitrary code in service context
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ImpactPivot across scope-changed identity resources
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A08:2025 - Software or Data Integrity Failures
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Safe deserialization, type allowlists
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, so no authentication, no user interaction, and no special client-side conditions are required - exploitation is unauthenticated and remote against a reachable Entra ID deserialization endpoint. The concrete prerequisite from the description is that the attacker must be able to deliver untrusted serialized data to a network-facing component that deserializes it (CWE-502). The main limiting factor is exposure and reachability of the vulnerable endpoint plus Microsoft's service-side patch state: because Entra ID is a vendor-operated cloud service, remediation may already be applied centrally, which would substantially constrain real-world exploitability regardless of the maximal CVSS score. |
| Impact | Every raw signal points to top-tier severity: the CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H yields a perfect 10.0, meaning low-complexity, unauthenticated, no-interaction network exploitation with full impact and scope change. The offsetting nuance is that EPSS is not provided, the CVE is not in CISA KEV, and no proof-of-concept is referenced, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or automatable mass-scanning yet - this is currently a high-theoretical-severity issue rather than a confirmed in-the-wild campaign. Because Entra ID is a cloud service that Microsoft operates and patches centrally, real-world tenant exposure depends heavily on whether Microsoft has already remediated the service side; organizations should nonetheless treat any RCE in their identity provider as an emergency and verify the vendor advisory rather than assume automatic protection. Given that a compromise of the identity layer can cascade into every federated application, defenders should prioritize this immediately and confirm remediation status directly with Microsoft. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker crafts a malicious serialized payload and sends it over the network to an exposed Entra ID endpoint that deserializes the input, triggering execution of attacker-controlled code within the identity service context. Because no authentication or user interaction is required (PR:N/UI:N) and complexity is low, a single crafted request could suffice; with scope change, successful execution could reach resources beyond the initial component. No public proof-of-concept is referenced at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 20, 2026
Remote code execution in Microsoft Entra ID lets an unauthenticated network attacker run arbitrary code by submitting maliciously crafted serialized data that the service deserializes without validation (CWE-502). The CVSS 3.1 base score is a maximum 10.0 with a scope change, reflecting unauthenticated network reach and full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, but the combination of a cloud identity platform and PR:N/UI:N makes this an urgent-patch candidate.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory: Microsoft has released a fix, and the primary action is to review and apply guidance in the MSRC advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69836; no exact standalone fix version is published because Entra ID is a Microsoft-operated cloud service, so much of the remediation is applied service-side by Microsoft. Customers should confirm their tenant reflects the fixed service state, review Entra sign-in and audit logs for anomalous authentication or token issuance around and before the disclosure window, and rotate high-privilege credentials and application secrets if any compromise indicators appear. As compensating controls pending confirmation, tighten conditional access policies, enforce phishing-resistant MFA on privileged roles, and restrict/monitor privileged directory and application administration - noting these harden the environment but do not themselves close a deserialization flaw in the service, which only the vendor fix resolves.
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Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is Microsoft's cloud identity and access management service that underpins authentication, single sign-on, and conditional access for Microsoft 365 and countless integrated applications. The root cause is CWE-502, deserialization of untrusted data: the service reconstructs objects from attacker-controlled serialized input without adequately validating type or content, allowing an attacker to influence object instantiation and reach code-execution gadgets. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:microsoft_entra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, and the scope change (S:C) in the CVSS vector indicates the vulnerable component can affect resources beyond its own security authority - significant for a shared multi-tenant identity plane.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Unauthenticated network deserialization RCE with no user interaction gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; identity-plane compromise affecting other systems justifies S:C and full C:H/I:H/A:H.
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CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Entra ID allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
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Latest POC
1 PoC candidate from github (unverified)
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Executive ViewAI
Microsoft Entra ID, the identity platform that controls authentication and access for organizational cloud resources, is vulnerable to CRITICAL remote code execution (CVSS 10.0) exploitable by unauthenticated attackers. Successful exploitation would grant adversaries the ability to bypass all access controls and compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all downstream systems and data.
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Threat Model
5 threats: Elevation of Privilege, Denial of Service, Tampering and 2 more
6-step attack chain with trust boundaries and controls
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Attack Technique
Insecure deserialization occurs when an application converts serialized data (a stream of bytes representing an object's state) back into a living object without proper validation.
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