CVE-2025-21188
Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2025-21188- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-2267
Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2025-2267- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rxc7-mfvv-r2xp
Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-rxc7-mfvv-r2xp- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2025-21188- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59
- 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-2025-21188 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Microsoft Azure Network Watcher Vm Extension, published February 11, 2025. 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.