CVE-2025-55316

⚠️ high

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External control of file name or path in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS Score

7.8

High

EPSS Score

0.1

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2025-09-09

First Seen: 2026-01-05

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 69.6% of all 326,604 vulnerabilities in our database.

#99,150

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Total

Complete system compromise possible

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2025-09-12

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-73

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
microsoft	azure_connected_machine_agent	Affected	< 1.56

Vendor Advisory

CVE ID	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Summary	Published
CVE-2026-40381	⚠️ high	7.8	0.1	Improper access control in Azure Connected Machine Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.	2026-05-12
CVE-2026-21224	⚠️ high	7.8	0.1	Stack-based buffer overflow in Azure Connected Machine Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally...	2026-01-13
CVE-2025-47989	⚠️ high	7.0	0.0	Improper access control in Azure Connected Machine Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.	2025-10-14
CVE-2025-58724	⚠️ high	7.8	0.1	Improper access control in Azure Connected Machine Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.	2025-10-14
CVE-2025-49692	⚠️ high	7.8	0.1	Improper access control in Azure Windows Virtual Machine Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges local...	2025-09-09
CVE-2024-38098	⚠️ high	7.8	0.5	Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability	2024-08-13

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