Credential impersonation via readable cleartext private keys
Published Nov 24, 2021 · Updated Aug 19, 2026
Information disclosure in Microsoft Entra ID allows remote authenticated users to read cleartext application private keys through tenant APIs. The keyCredentials property accepted certificates containing private-key material, stored that material with application metadata, and returned it to any tenant principal with application-read access. Exposure requires a keyCredential containing a cleartext private key and enables impersonation of the affected application or service principal.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Microsoft Entra ID allows remote authenticated users to read cleartext application private keys through tenant APIs. The keyCredentials property accepted certificates containing private-key material, stored that material with application metadata, and returned it to any tenant principal with application-read access. Exposure requires a keyCredential containing a cleartext private key and enables impersonation of the affected application or service principal.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-42306
- Published
- Nov 24, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Classifications
- CWE-522, T1552.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 24, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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