CVE-2025-59494
Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Azure Monitor Agent 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 Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-59494- 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-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-34357
Improper access control in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-34357- 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-qph3-ggc9-wvcf
Improper access control in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate...
Improper access control in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-qph3-ggc9-wvcf- 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-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-59494- 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-284
- 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-2025-59494 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Azure Monitor, published October 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.