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CVE-2026-110063 (GCVE-0-2026-110063)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-10-22 21:44 – Updated: 2026-10-22 23:05 Exclusively Hosted Service

Title

VM Inspector for Azure Virtual Machines Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Summary

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in VM Inspector for Azure Virtual Machines allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Severity

10 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-22 23:05 UTC

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

microsoft CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3954 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi…	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Microsoft	VM Inspector for Azure Virtual Machines	Affected: - cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vm_inspector_for_azure_virtual_machines::::::::

Date Public

2026-10-22 14:00

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CVE-2026-110063 (GCVE-0-2026-110063)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-22 21:44 – Updated: 2026-10-22 23:05 Exclusively Hosted Service

Title

VM Inspector for Azure Virtual Machines Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Summary

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in VM Inspector for Azure Virtual Machines allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Severity

10 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-22 23:05 UTC

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

microsoft CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3954 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi…	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Microsoft	VM Inspector for Azure Virtual Machines	Affected: - cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:vm_inspector_for_azure_virtual_machines::::::::

Date Public

2026-10-22 14:00

Show details on NVD website

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2 vulnerabilities found for VM Inspector for Azure Virtual Machines by Microsoft

CVE-2026-110063 (GCVE-0-2026-110063)

CVE-2026-110063 (GCVE-0-2026-110063)