CVE-2026-40381: Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2026-May
Released
2026-05-12

Description

Improper access control in Azure Connected Machine Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

FAQ

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An attacker who already has access to the affected system could interfere with a local service port used by ArcProxy and respond with specially crafted authentication data. By doing this, the attacker can cause the service to access and return files that would normally only be available to a more privileged system account, potentially exposing sensitive information.

Affected Products (1)

Azure

  • Azure Connected Machine Agent

Security Updates (2)

Acknowledgments

Eli Arshin with Microsoft, Michal Kamensky with Microsoft

Revision History

  • 2026-05-12: Information published.