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Entra ID actor token validation bug allowing cross-tenant global admin

A critical vulnerability discovered in Microsoft's Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) allowed for cross-tenant access and potential global admin privilege escalation. The flaw was found in the legacy Azure AD Graph API, which improperly validated the originating tenant for undocumented "Actor tokens." An attacker could use a token from their own tenant to authenticate as any user, including Global Admin

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Entra ID actor token validation bug allowing cross-tenant global admin
First reported
Sep 17, 2025 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Sep 17, 2025 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC
Record ID
5cb6c5c6548206ca5c91b6797ae97191046bfd001b0bd5994a9766d1b32c3921

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src_d11443da85ea659d49

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Sep 17, 2025 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC

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