CVE-2024-49052
Microsoft Azure PolicyWatch Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Missing authentication for critical function in Microsoft Azure PolicyWatch allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Azure PolicyWatch Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Missing authentication for critical function in Microsoft Azure PolicyWatch allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2024-49052- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-43920
Missing authentication for critical function in Microsoft Azure PolicyWatch allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2024-43920- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4vvm-5cw4-4q22
Missing authentication for critical function in Microsoft Azure PolicyWatch allows an...
Missing authentication for critical function in Microsoft Azure PolicyWatch allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
GHSA-4vvm-5cw4-4q22- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing authentication for critical function in Microsoft Azure PolicyWatch allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2024-49052- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-49052 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Microsoft Azure Functions, published November 26, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.70%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.