Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Unlikely. Customer action: Required.
Details
Security updates
1.56 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/agent-release-notes
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
External control of file name or path in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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#1
Information published.
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#2
Updated CVE title. This is an informational change only.
References
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CVE-2025-55316 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55316
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss