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CVE-2026-42177: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in siemens linux-entra-sso

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-42177cvecve-2026-42177cwe-284cwe-436
Published: Tue May 12 2026 (05/12/2026, 17:11:36 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: siemens
Product: linux-entra-sso

Description

linux-entra-sso is a browser plugin for Linux to SSO on Microsoft Entra ID. Prior to 1.8.1, platform/chrome/js/platform-chrome.js:69-88 registers a single declarativeNetRequest rule whose urlFilter is Platform.SSO_URL + "/*", i.e. "https://login.microsoftonline.com/*". Chrome's urlFilter without a | or || anchor is substring-matched against the full request URL. The same applied rule action is modifyHeaders that attaches the Entra ID Primary Refresh Token cookie. The Firefox adapter in platform/firefox/js/platform-firefox.js:53 performs a belt-and-braces startsWith(Platform.SSO_URL) check before injecting the header; the Chrome adapter does not. When the extension holds broad host permissions through the optional_host_permissions: ["https://*/*"] declared in platform/chrome/manifest.json:34, a main-frame navigation to a URL whose path embeds https://login.microsoftonline.com/ causes Chrome to attach the PRT cookie to the request to the attacker-controlled host. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.1.

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AILast updated: 05/12/2026, 18:08:28 UTC

Technical Analysis

The Siemens linux-entra-sso plugin for Linux enables single sign-on (SSO) on Microsoft Entra ID. Prior to version 1.8.1, the Chrome adapter registers a declarativeNetRequest rule with a URL filter matching any URL containing "https://login.microsoftonline.com/" as a substring. Because Chrome's urlFilter matches substrings without anchors, and the extension declares broad host permissions ("https://*/*"), navigation to attacker-controlled URLs embedding the login URL substring causes the plugin to attach the Entra ID Primary Refresh Token cookie to requests to those attacker-controlled hosts. The Firefox adapter performs a stricter check preventing this. This improper access control vulnerability allows unauthorized exposure of sensitive authentication tokens. The vulnerability is fixed in linux-entra-sso version 1.8.1.

Potential Impact

An attacker controlling a URL that embeds the Microsoft Entra ID login URL substring can cause the vulnerable linux-entra-sso Chrome extension to attach the Primary Refresh Token cookie to requests sent to the attacker-controlled host. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive authentication tokens, potentially compromising user accounts. The CVSS score is 5.3 (medium severity), reflecting network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, high confidentiality impact, and no integrity or availability impact.

Mitigation Recommendations

This vulnerability is fixed in linux-entra-sso version 1.8.1. Users and administrators should upgrade to version 1.8.1 or later to remediate this issue. No other mitigation or workaround is indicated in the vendor advisory or available data.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
GitHub_M
Date Reserved
2026-04-25T01:53:21.582Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a036562cbff5d861008cc5d

Added to database: 5/12/2026, 5:37:38 PM

Last enriched: 5/12/2026, 6:08:28 PM

Last updated: 5/13/2026, 4:52:17 AM

Views: 6

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