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Medium 6.5Published May 12, 2026
CVE-2026-42830Azure Monitor Agent Metrics Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Untrusted search path in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-426
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent Metrics Extension microsoft:azure_monitor_agent_metrics_extension (from the name) | from 1.0.0 before 1.42.0 | CNA record |
microsoft azure_monitor_agent microsoft:azure_monitor_agent | before 1.42.0 | NVD |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42830vendor-advisory, patch
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