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CVE-2016-7191
The Microsoft Azure Active Directory Passport (aka Passport-Azure-AD) library 1.x before 1.4.6 and 2.x before 2.0.1 for Node.js does not…
High8.1EPSS 29.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
The Microsoft Azure Active Directory Passport (aka Passport-Azure-AD) library 1.x before 1.4.6 and 2.x before 2.0.1 for Node.js does not recognize the validateIssuer setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted token.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 29.4% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmpassport-azure-adGHSA-73jp-3c67-hjfv (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://github.com/AzureAD/passport-azure-ad/blob/master/SECURITY-NOTICE.MD (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 3187742 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- 93213 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-73jp-3c67-hjfv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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