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CVE-2026-26148 (GCVE-0-2026-26148)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 17:05 – Updated: 2026-06-19 18:17
VLAI
Title
Microsoft Azure AD SSH Login extension for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
External initialization of trusted variables or data stores in Azure Entra ID allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-10 18:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-454 - External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Microsoft Azure AD SSH Login extension for Linux Affected: 1.0.0 , < 1.0.033370002 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_ad_ssh_login_extension_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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