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Microsoft Patches Entra ID Role Flaw That Enabled Service Principal Takeover

[email protected] (The Hacker News) · 2026-04-28 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

3 predictions
T1098.003Additional Cloud Roles
49%
“microsoft patches entra id role flaw that enabled service principal takeover an administrative role meant for artificial intelligence ( ai ) agents within microsoft entra id could enable privilege escalation and identity takeover attacks, according to new findings from silverfort…”
T1078.004Cloud Accounts
46%
“targeted service principal holds elevated permissions – particularly privileged directory roles and high - impact graph app permissions – it can give an attacker broader control over the tenant. following responsible disclosure on march 1, 2026, microsoft rolled out a patch acros…”
T1098Account Manipulation
32%
“microsoft patches entra id role flaw that enabled service principal takeover an administrative role meant for artificial intelligence ( ai ) agents within microsoft entra id could enable privilege escalation and identity takeover attacks, according to new findings from silverfort…”

Summary

An administrative role meant for artificial intelligence (AI) agents within Microsoft Entra ID could enable privilege escalation and identity takeover attacks, according to new findings from Silverfort. Agent ID Administrator is a privileged built-in role introduced by Microsoft as part of its agent identity platform to handle all aspects of an AI agent's identity lifecycle operations in a