Confidential Azure Container Instances Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Priority LOW 38CWE-73Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from Microsoft.
Summary
External control of file name or path in Confidential Azure Container Instances allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0044 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Affected | No update listed |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-59291
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v3rw-2w2m-vwcg
More Microsoft Azure Compute Gallery vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-36868 Azure Compute Gallery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2024-14183 Azure Compute Gallery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-59291 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-59291 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v3rw-2w2m-vwcg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-59291 · Microsoft Security Update Guide
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