Security August 2026 CVE-2026-73499 CVE-2026-73499 Moderate
etcd: Watch API authorization bypass via open-ended range requests
Assessment
Severity Moderate
CVSS base score Not published
Impact Not stated
EPSS, next 30 days Not scored yet
Public exploit code No Nuclei template lists it
Exploitability Not assessed
Publicly disclosed No
Customer action Required: apply the update
Component Mariner
Weakness CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
Issued by GitHub_M
Last revised 23 Aug 2026
Updates that fix it0 KBs No 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
2 affected products
azl3 flannel 0.24.2-29 on Azure Linux 3.0 azl3 kubernetes 1.30.10-27 on Azure Linux 3.0
Source. This summary comes from MSRC's public CVRF document for August 2026. If the MSRC page is blocked in your browser, the NVD and CVE.org records carry the same identifier. None of this says whether your devices are affected.
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Overview Affected History Connections
cve-program · CVE-2026-73499 Published etcd Vendor product
Original vendor version evidence · not evaluated as a NuGet range {
"vendor": "etcd-io",
"product": "etcd",
"versions": [
{
"version": "< 3.5.33",
"status": "affected"
},
{
"version": ">= 3.6.0, < 3.6.14",
"status": "affected"
},
{
"version": ">= 3.7.0-alpha.0, < 3.7.1",
"status": "affected"
}
]
}
nvd · CVE-2026-73499 Published No affected-package array is stated in this source revision. Check its state and earlier observations; this does not establish that every package is unaffected.
osv · GHSA-xg4h-6gfc-h4m8 Published go.etcd.io/etcd/v3 Go
SEMVER · introduced 3.7.0-alpha.0 → fixed 3.7.1
go.etcd.io/etcd/v3 Go
SEMVER · introduced 3.6.0 → fixed 3.6.14
go.etcd.io/etcd/v3 Go
SEMVER · introduced 0 → fixed 3.5.33
osv · GO-2026-6114 Published go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 Go
SEMVER · introduced 0 → fixed 3.5.33 → introduced 3.6.0 → fixed 3.6.14 → introduced 3.7.0-alpha.0 → fixed 3.7.1