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High MSRC-CVE-2026-47299 1 CVE

Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Aug 11, 2026

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

What kind of security feature could be bypassed by successfully exploiting this vulnerability?
Successfully exploiting this vulnerability could bypass extension allowlist–based protections that are intended to limit which Azure Arc or Azure VM extensions can perform actions on a machine. In certain hardened configurations, this could allow a monitoring-only extension to run commands with elevated privileges in ways that were not intended by the security configuration.

Security updates
1.43 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/azure-monitor-agent-extension-versions

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.2
    CVE-2026-47299

    Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

    Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

    Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent Linux Extension Linux

Revision history

  1. #1

    Information published.

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