CVE-2024-35260
Microsoft Power Platform
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2024-35260 is a high-severity Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426) vulnerability in Microsoft Power Platform. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception (T1034); ranked in the top 45% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to CM-6 (Configuration Settings) and CM-7 (Least Functionality) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
An untrusted search path vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-35260 affects Microsoft Dataverse. The flaw, assigned CWE-426, permits an attacker to influence executable search paths and was disclosed on 27 June 2024 with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.0 reflecting network attack vector, high complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, and changed scope with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An authenticated attacker with high privileges can exploit the issue remotely over a network to achieve arbitrary code execution. The attack requires the attacker to already possess valid credentials and to arrange malicious components in a location that the Dataverse process will load, resulting in full compromise of the affected service instance.
Microsoft has published official guidance and remediation details in its Security Response Center update guide for this vulnerability. The current and peak EPSS scores remain at 0.0686 with no material increase observed since disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-35765
Vulnerability Data
An authenticated attacker can exploit an untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Dataverse to execute code over a network.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Secure baseline settings can enforce absolute, organization-controlled paths for critical resources.
Least-functionality configuration can prohibit unapproved directories or executables from being reachable via search paths.
Engineering principles such as trusted paths, complete mediation, and least privilege directly require hard-coded or validated search paths instead of external ones.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Preventing execution of unauthorized code directly blocks the malicious binaries that an untrusted search path would load.
Secure development practices include avoiding or sanitizing externally influenced search paths in application code.
Hardened configuration baselines can enforce safe search paths and restrict environment variables that enable the weakness.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can discover search-path issues but does not itself prevent them in production code.
Restricting software installation reduces the chance that untrusted binaries or libraries are placed in search paths.
Secure architecture principles include hard-coded or validated search paths and avoiding reliance on untrusted directories.
Secure coding standards require absolute paths or integrity-checked search paths, directly mitigating CWE-426.