CVE-2026-47299Important
Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Assessment
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Severity
- Important
- CVSS base score
- 7.2CVSS:3.1/
AV:N/ AC:L/ PR:H/ UI:N/ S:U/ C:H/ I:H/ A:H/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 1.0%Higher than 61.6% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 26 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Less Likely
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Component
- Azure Monitor Agent
- Weakness
- CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 11 Aug 2026 · August 2026
- Last revised
- 11 Aug 2026
Updates that fix it
0 KBsNo KB listed
MSRC lists no downloadable update, which usually means a service-side fix or a release-notes update. Check the MSRC advisory.
Affected products
Azure1 affected product
- Azure Monitor Agent Linux Extension