CVE-2026-65816Critical
Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Assessment
Use of incorrectly-resolved name or reference in Azure Arc allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS base score
- 10.0CVSS:3.1/
AV:N/ AC:L/ PR:N/ UI:N/ S:C/ C:H/ I:H/ A:H/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 1.0%Higher than 60.6% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 26 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
- Exploitability
- Not assessed
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Not required (service-side fix)
- Component
- Azure Arc
- Weakness
- CWE-706: Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 20 Aug 2026 · August 2026
- Last revised
- 20 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 Web Apps