Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service)

CVE-2026-50516
CRITICAL 9.4

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.83 % Β· percentile 58 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Modified

Description

Incorrect authorization in Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-306 β€” Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:LNVD Β· secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft Β· Azure Kubernetes Serviceaffected -

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST β€” attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA β€” reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain β€” this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD