CVE-2026-105796: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in microsoft kiota
Description
### Impact An attacker who controls or tampers with an OpenAPI description can cause Kiota to emit attacker-controlled Java or PHP source outside a generated documentation comment. The affected sanitizers remove comment terminators rather than neutralizing them, allowing a terminator to reform from overlapping characters or from subsequent normalization. The Java sanitizer also removes non-ASCII characters after removing terminators, which can create a new terminator. Exploitation requires a developer or build pipeline to generate a client from the malicious description and subsequently compile and load the Java output, or load the PHP output. Code executes in the consuming application's or build environment's security context, not merely because Kiota reads the description. ### Affected versions The affected NuGet packages are `Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota` and `Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota.Builder`. The Java normalization-order defect was introduced in version 0.5.0 and remains present through version 1.34.1, including the separate 1.29.1 security-backport release. The PHP delimiter-reformation variant is also present in version 1.34.1 and 1.29.1. Version 1.35.0 fixes both variants. The package version range below reflects the Java defect; it does not assert that PHP generation existed in every version in that range. ### Patches Upgrade to Kiota 1.35.0 or later and regenerate affected clients. The fix neutralizes block-comment delimiters instead of deleting them, and performs Java delimiter neutralization after non-ASCII normalization. - Fix: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/8017 - Fixed release: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.35.0 ### Workarounds Until upgrading, generate clients only from trusted, integrity-protected OpenAPI descriptions. Review generated Java and PHP source before compiling, loading, or deploying it. Restrict the privileges and secrets available to generation and build environments. ### Related advisories This is distinct from PHP double-quoted string interpolation (GHSA-jqwh-526h-c92j) and C# XML documentation newline breakout (GHSA-3hrf-2gc2-mx32). Those fixes do not address Java/PHP block-comment delimiter reformation.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
microsoft
kiota
microsoft
Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota
microsoft
Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota.Builder
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Technical Analysis
Microsoft Kiota versions >=0.5.0 and <1.35.0 contain a CWE-94 improper control of code generation vulnerability. The sanitizers for Java and PHP documentation comments delete block-comment terminators instead of neutralizing them, enabling overlapping characters to reform terminators and place attacker-controlled OpenAPI text outside documentation comments. The Java sanitizer also removes non-ASCII characters after deleting terminators, potentially creating new terminators during normalization. Exploitation requires a developer or build pipeline to generate source code from a malicious OpenAPI description and then compile/load the output, resulting in code execution within the consuming application or build environment context. The vulnerability is resolved in version 1.35.0.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code in the context of the consuming application or build environment, potentially leading to full compromise of the application or build pipeline. The CVSS v3.1 score is 8.8 (High), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade to Microsoft Kiota version 1.35.0 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation is indicated or necessary once the fixed version is deployed.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-05T20:37:19.364Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ac506e32cdf04f656b9a060
Added to database: 10/06/2026, 14:34:11 UTC
Last enriched: 10/06/2026, 14:48:26 UTC
Last updated: 10/06/2026, 21:42:14 UTC
Views: 17
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