CVE-2026-42830

medium

Published 2026-05-12 · Modified 2026-06-01

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CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

—

not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Untrusted search path in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

65%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Windows Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
microsoft	azure_monitor_agent	`{"endExcluding":"1.42.0"}`	`1.42.0`
microsoft	azure

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42830

CWEs

CWE-426

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.