CVE-2026-59864

Kiota is an OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.32.5, `kiota plugin add` and `kiota plugin generate` (with `-t APIPlugin`) emitted attacker-controlled static_template.file values from x-ai-adaptive-card and x-ai-capabilities into generated Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams plugin manifests without path validation, allowing ../, absolute, rooted, UNC, Windows drive, or URI paths in response_semantics.static_template.file to cause path traversal or out-of-package file inclusion when the generated plugin was deployed. This issue is fixed in version 1.29.1 and 1.32.5.

Kiota is an OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.32.5, `kiota plugin add` and `kiota plugin generate` (with `-t APIPlugin`) emitted attacker-controlled static_template.file values from x-ai-adaptive-card and x-ai-capabilities into generated Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams plugin manifests without path validation, allowing ../, absolute, rooted, UNC, Windows drive, or URI paths in response_semantics.static_template.file to cause path traversal or out-of-package file inclusion when the generated plugin was deployed. This issue is fixed in version 1.29.1 and 1.32.5.

### Summary `kiota plugin add` / `kiota plugin generate` (with `-t APIPlugin`) emits an attacker-controlled `static_template.file` path from the AI-plugin extensions (`x-ai-adaptive-card`, `x-ai-capabilities`) **verbatim**, with no path validation, into the generated Microsoft 365 Copilot / Teams plugin manifest (`<name>-apiplugin.json`). An attacker-controlled or compromised OpenAPI description can therefore embed a `../` / absolute path into the manifest's `response_semantics.static_template.file`, yielding a **path traversal (CWE-22)** / out-of-package file inclusion (CWE-829) that is resolved by the AI host when the generated plugin is deployed. Confirmed on Kiota **1.32.4** (`KIOTA_CONFIG_PREVIEW=true`, the self-contained `linux-x64` release binary). ### Details Both extension paths write the `static_template.file` reference straight into the manifest without sanitization — `PluginsGenerationService.GetResponseSemanticsFromAdaptiveCardExtension` mints `static_template = {"file": <File>}`, and the `x-ai-capabilities` path copies the `static_template` object through: ``` # spec -> generated manifest (functions[].capabilities.response_semantics) x-ai-adaptive-card: {title: T, data_path: $.x, file: "../../../../../../etc/passwd"} -> static_template.file = "../../../../../../etc/passwd" (CWE-22) x-ai-capabilities.response_semantics.static_template: {file: "../../../../../../etc/passwd"} -> static_template.file = "../../../../../../etc/passwd" (CWE-22) ``` (`x-ai-adaptive-card.file` only reaches the manifest when `title` is set, so `GetResponseSemanticsFromAdaptiveCardExtension` fires; otherwise kiota writes its own template card instead.) ### Impact **This is not local code execution on the build host.** The injected path is written into the generated plugin manifest and realized **downstream**, when the plugin is packaged and sideloaded / deployed to an AI host (Microsoft 365 Copilot / Teams) that resolves `static_template.file` relative to the plugin package (out-of-package file reference via `../`). Kiota is the propagation point: it fails to reject `../` and absolute paths in this provider-supplied field before writing it into the manifest. ### Patches Fixed in **1.29.1 and 1.32.5** (https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7892). `static_template.file` from both `x-ai-adaptive-card` and `x-ai-capabilities` is validated as a relative path confined to the plugin output package: absolute URIs, rooted/UNC paths, Windows drive paths, and `..` traversal segments are rejected, and unsafe references are dropped with a warning. Regression tests cover `..`, absolute paths, and URI values. ### Remediation Upgrade to Kiota **1.29.1, 1.32.5** or later and regenerate affected plugins.

### Summary `kiota plugin add` / `kiota plugin generate` (with `-t APIPlugin`) emits an attacker-controlled `static_template.file` path from the AI-plugin extensions (`x-ai-adaptive-card`, `x-ai-capabilities`) **verbatim**, with no path validation, into the generated Microsoft 365 Copilot / Teams plugin manifest (`<name>-apiplugin.json`). An attacker-controlled or compromised OpenAPI description can therefore embed a `../` / absolute path into the manifest's `response_semantics.static_template.file`, yielding a **path traversal (CWE-22)** / out-of-package file inclusion (CWE-829) that is resolved by the AI host when the generated plugin is deployed. Confirmed on Kiota **1.32.4** (`KIOTA_CONFIG_PREVIEW=true`, the self-contained `linux-x64` release binary). ### Details Both extension paths write the `static_template.file` reference straight into the manifest without sanitization — `PluginsGenerationService.GetResponseSemanticsFromAdaptiveCardExtension` mints `static_template = {"file": <File>}`, and the `x-ai-capabilities` path copies the `static_template` object through: ``` # spec -> generated manifest (functions[].capabilities.response_semantics) x-ai-adaptive-card: {title: T, data_path: $.x, file: "../../../../../../etc/passwd"} -> static_template.file = "../../../../../../etc/passwd" (CWE-22) x-ai-capabilities.response_semantics.static_template: {file: "../../../../../../etc/passwd"} -> static_template.file = "../../../../../../etc/passwd" (CWE-22) ``` (`x-ai-adaptive-card.file` only reaches the manifest when `title` is set, so `GetResponseSemanticsFromAdaptiveCardExtension` fires; otherwise kiota writes its own template card instead.) ### Impact **This is not local code execution on the build host.** The injected path is written into the generated plugin manifest and realized **downstream**, when the plugin is packaged and sideloaded / deployed to an AI host (Microsoft 365 Copilot / Teams) that resolves `static_template.file` relative to the plugin package (out-of-package file reference via `../`). Kiota is the propagation point: it fails to reject `../` and absolute paths in this provider-supplied field before writing it into the manifest. ### Patches Fixed in **1.29.1 and 1.32.5** (https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7892). `static_template.file` from both `x-ai-adaptive-card` and `x-ai-capabilities` is validated as a relative path confined to the plugin output package: absolute URIs, rooted/UNC paths, Windows drive paths, and `..` traversal segments are rejected, and unsafe references are dropped with a warning. Regression tests cover `..`, absolute paths, and URI values. ### Remediation Upgrade to Kiota **1.29.1, 1.32.5** or later and regenerate affected plugins.