CVE-2025-21195
Azure Service Fabric Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Service Fabric allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Azure Service Fabric Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Service Fabric allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-21195- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-20657
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Service Fabric allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-20657- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6c6m-g479-h6f3
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Service Fabric allows an...
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Service Fabric allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-6c6m-g479-h6f3- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Service Fabric allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-21195- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/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-2025-21195 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric, published July 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.