CVE-2026-42830
Azure Monitor Agent Metrics Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Untrusted search path 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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Azure Monitor Agent Metrics Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Untrusted search path in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-42830- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-29710
Untrusted search path in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2026-29710- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xw2m-f6w8-j766
Untrusted search path in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges...
Untrusted search path in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-xw2m-f6w8-j766- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Untrusted search path in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-42830- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-426
- 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-2026-42830 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent Metrics Extension, published May 12, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.