Himmelblau leaks an Intune service access token in its logs
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
Himmelblau is an interoperability suite for Microsoft Azure Entra ID and Intune. When debugging is enabled for Himmelblau in version 1.0.0, the himmelblaud_tasks service leaks an Intune service access token to the system journal. This short-lived token can be used to detect the host's Intune compliance status, and may permit additional administrative operations for the Intune host device (though the API for these operations is undocumented). This is fixed in version 1.1.0. To workaround this issue, ensure that Himmelblau debugging is disabled.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| himmelblau-idm | himmelblau | 1.0.0 to before 1.1.0 | 1.1.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- himmelblau Vendorhimmelblau-idm Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.1.0 Fixed in 1.1.0 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:himmelblau-idm:himmelblau:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | himmelblau-idm |
- cpe:2.3:a:himmelblau-idm:himmelblau:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·himmelblau-idm
Remediation
- Fix · CNA himmelblau (himmelblau-idm) Fixed in 1.1.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-54781
References
More himmelblau-idm vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-24522 himmelblaud-tasks: local privilege escalation via /tmp symlink attack on Kerberos ccache CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-26683 himmelblau: NSS fake-primary group lookup reintroduces name collision risk CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2025-34616 Himmelblau's Kerberos credential cache collection is world readable CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-24501 Himmelblau unset domain configuration can allow any-tenant authentication at first login for remote deployments CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-32945 Himmelblau: Authentication Bypass via Cross-User Local Session Impersonation in Device Authorization Grant (DAG) Flow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2025-31140 Himmelblau's Name-Based Group Matching in `pam_allow_groups` Leads to Potential Security Bypass CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
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