# CVE-2026-73851: Kiota: Path traversal in generated plugin manifest static\_template.file reference (percent-encoding bypass)

- Also known as: GHSA-P5RM-JG5C-8C77
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.34.0, 1.29.1
- Published: 2026-08-17 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- microsoft kiota: from 1.30.0, fixed in 1.34.0; fixed in 1.29.1
- Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota (NuGet): from 1.30.0, fixed in 1.34.0
- Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota (NuGet): fixed in 1.29.1

## Description

Kiota is an OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.34.0, an attacker who controls or tampers with the OpenAPI description consumed by Kiota can supply a file reference that resolves outside the manifest package (e.g. ../../../../etc/passwd, an absolute path, or a file:// / http(s):// URI). When the generated manifest is deployed and consumed by an AI host, this can lead to inclusion or disclosure of files outside the intended package boundary. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.29.1 and 1.34.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on microsoft kiota, Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota, upgrade to a fixed version (1.34.0, 1.29.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/security/advisories/GHSA-p5rm-jg5c-8c77
- https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues/7912
- https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7910
- https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7913
- https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/commit/430008e9d700b3fe80f206c672415cfbd8e830e7
- https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/commit/de3d18d9fe31ced4ac749728d3a2f94811f59268
- https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.29.1
- https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.34.0

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