Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Priority LOW 37CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- 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
Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00632 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Azure Connected Machine Agent (Microsoft): 1.44
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 Connected Machine Agent (Microsoft) Fixed in 1.44
Vendor assessments
Microsoft
Microsoft's page for this CVE →
- Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- Exploited
- No
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Unlikely
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Connected Machine Agent | Fixed | 1.44 · Security Update |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38098
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ggjr-j3fm-frpm
- 2026-10-26 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-35143 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-36382 Arc Enabled Servers - Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2024-25446 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-17136 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-34971 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-31662 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-38098 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-38098 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ggjr-j3fm-frpm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-38098 · Microsoft Security Update Guide
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