CVE-2026-96204: Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Unlikely
Patch Tuesday
2026-Oct
Released
2026-10-13

Description

Server-side request forgery (ssrf) in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

FAQ

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? With this vulnerability a finder with a low-privilege connectivity role could reach the Arc host's managed-identity credential. According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to major loss of confidentiality (C:H), but lead to no loss of integrity (I:N) or availability (A:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability? This vulnerability could allow an attacker to disclose confidential information such as encrypted credentials but does not allow the attacker to modify any data or make the service unavailable.

Affected Products (1)

Azure

  • Arc Enabled Servers - Azure Connected Machine Agent

Security Updates (1)

Acknowledgments

RON (XBREACH.AI) with <a href="https://xbreach.ai/">XBREACH.AI</a>

Revision History

  • 2026-10-13: Information published.