CVE-2025-55316
Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
External control of file name or path in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
External control of file name or path in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-55316- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-27336
External control of file name or path in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-27336- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cxfc-2cj3-gw3w
External control of file name or path in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate...
External control of file name or path in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-cxfc-2cj3-gw3w- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
External control of file name or path in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-55316- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-73
- 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-2025-55316 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent, published September 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.