{"id":"CVE-2016-7191","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7191","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:45:52.161Z","title":"The Microsoft Azure Active Directory Passport (aka Passport-Azure-AD) library 1.x before 1.4.6 and 2.x before 2.0.1 for Node.js does not recognize the validateIssuer setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted token.","description":"The Microsoft Azure Active Directory Passport (aka Passport-Azure-AD) library 1.x before 1.4.6 and 2.x before 2.0.1 for Node.js does not recognize the validateIssuer setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted token.","published":"2016-09-28T20:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:52:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["microsoft/azure active directory passport"],"epss":{"score":0.29448,"percentile":0.98172,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.3283,"percentile":0.98319},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.29448,"percentile":0.98098}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93213","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036996","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/AzureAD/passport-azure-ad/blob/master/SECURITY-NOTICE.MD","tags":["Mitigation","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3187742","tags":["Mitigation","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93213","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036996","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/AzureAD/passport-azure-ad/blob/master/SECURITY-NOTICE.MD","tags":["Mitigation","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3187742","tags":["Mitigation","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7191","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}