Vulnerability · Published May 12, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-42177linux-entra-sso: PRT SSO cookie can leak to attacker-controlled hosts when broad host permissions are granted

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in linux-entra-sso from siemens. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux-entra-sso1.8.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42177
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-entra-ssono fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42177
Ubuntu:26.10linux-entra-ssono fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42177

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
siemens linux-entra-sso < 1.8.1

Weakness: CWE-284, CWE-436 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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