Handling Windows Impersonation Tokens Correctly — Borrowing Privileges per Thread and Reverting Safely (archived 2026-07-27)
A practical guide to Windows impersonation tokens — access tokens, primary tokens, thread tokens, impersonation levels, RevertToSelf, and .NET's WindowsIdentity.RunImpersonated — and how to handle them safely in real systems. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/2026/06/09/002-windows-impersonation-token/, as published on 2026-07-27. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-06-09.
Authors
- Go Komura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8895-8390)
Institutions
- Fujikura (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-07-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21614667
- Primary Topic
- Web Application Security Vulnerabilities
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00