Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Confidential Container Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Priority HIGH 74CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from Microsoft.
Summary
Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Confidential Container Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02197 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Azure Kubernetes Service (Microsoft): 0.3.3
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Azure Kubernetes Service (Microsoft) Fixed in 0.3.3
Vendor assessments
Microsoft
Microsoft's page for this CVE →
- Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- Exploited
- No
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Less Likely
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Kubernetes Service Confidential Containers | Fixed | 0.3.3 · Security Update |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-21400
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c49c-7xhw-623r
References
More Microsoft Confcom vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-17376 Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
Sources
- CVE-2024-21400 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-21400 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c49c-7xhw-623r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-21400 · Microsoft Security Update Guide
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