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TI-2022-07604 Aliases CVE-2022-23551GHSA-p82q-rxpm-hjpc

AAD Pod Identity obtaining token with backslash

Priority LOW 25CWE-1259Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · High · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

aad-pod-identity assigns Azure Active Directory identities to Kubernetes applications and has now been deprecated as of 24 October 2022. The NMI component in AAD Pod Identity intercepts and validates token requests based on regex. In this case, a token request made with backslash in the request (example: `/metadata/identity\oauth2\token/`) would bypass the NMI validation and be sent to IMDS allowing a pod in the cluster to access identities that it shouldn't have access to. This issue has been fixed and has been included in AAD Pod Identity release version 1.8.13. If using the AKS pod-managed identities add-on, no action is required. The clusters should now be running the version 1.8.13 release.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00763 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial aad-pod-identity (Azure): 1.8.13github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity (Go): 1.8.13Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Microsoftaad-pod-identitybefore 1.8.131.8.13Patch availableCNA
—github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity (Go)before 1.8.131.8.13Patch availableGHSA-p82q-rxpm-hjpc
  • aad-pod-identity VendorMicrosoft Affected before 1.8.13 Fixed in 1.8.13 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.8.13 Fixed in 1.8.13 Patch available GHSA-p82q-rxpm-hjpc

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_ad_pod_identity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.8.13VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_ad_pod_identity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.8.13 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA aad-pod-identity (Azure) Fixed in 1.8.13
  • Fix · GHSA-p82q-rxpm-hjpc github.com/Azure/aad-pod-identity (Go) Fixed in 1.8.13 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23551
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p82q-rxpm-hjpc

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

Sources

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