Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An authenticated user who has the Cluster Creator role could exploit this vulnerability by using a cluster creation operation in a way that bypasses an authorization check. By doing so, the attacker could overwrite another user’s cluster, including a cluster owned by an administrator, and take ownership of it.
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain full control of the affected cluster that was overwritten and taken over. This could allow the attacker to run unauthorized code, remove or alter credentials associated with the cluster, and perform actions with the same level of access available within that cluster.
Security updates
8.9.1 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/release-notes/8-9-1?view=cyclecloud-8
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.1
Azure CycleCloud Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Missing authorization in Azure CycleCloud allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2026-70340 Azure CycleCloud Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70340
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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