Azure App Service for Linux Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- 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 CWE-306.
Summary
Missing authentication for a critical function in Azure App Service for Linux, tracked as CWE-306, allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute code over the network. Microsoft's listing has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with network attack vector, low complexity and no privileges or user interaction required. CISA's SSVC data marks the vulnerability as automatable with total technical impact, but reports no known exploitation and CISA has not added it to KEV.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Missing authentication for critical function in Azure App Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Why it matters now
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
The sources list no fixed version for Azure App Service for Linux at this time. Monitor the Microsoft advisory for CVE-2026-77900 for an update and restrict network access to affected App Service instances until a patch is available.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-77900
- 2026-10-10 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
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Sources
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