Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-441Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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
Unintended proxy or intermediary in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00591 48th 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
- Yes
- 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
- —
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-69399
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h8pp-hmv6-8cpq
- 2026-10-31 CVSS score added · CNA
References
More Microsoft Azure Arc vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-19586 Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-49108 Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-48866 Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-19564 Azure Arc Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2022-17725 Azure Guest Configuration and Azure Arc-enabled servers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-69399 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-69399 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h8pp-hmv6-8cpq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-69399 · Microsoft Security Update Guide
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