CVE-2026-73499Moderate
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
- Published
- 23 Aug 2026 · August 2026
- Last revised
- 23 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
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
What changed
First observed 14 Oct 2026- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Public exploit codeUnknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC CISA KEVUnknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained → Not listed in the collected catalog
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeIncomplete → Current
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: first-epssIncomplete → Current
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: cisa-kevIncomplete → Current
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfIncomplete → Current
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Public exploit codeNo Nuclei template listed → Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC CISA KEVNot listed in the collected catalog → Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeCurrent → Incomplete
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: first-epssCurrent → Incomplete
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: cisa-kevCurrent → Incomplete
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfCurrent → Incomplete
Show 2 more recent changes
- 18 Oct 2026 · 14:54:30 UTCLink: August 2026 → /security?release=2026-Aug#cves
- 14 Oct 2026 · 11:22:42 UTCSource coverage: msrc-cvrf Incomplete → Current
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CVE-2026-73499 · Microsoft / collected KEV context
cve-program · CVE-2026-73499
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-xg4h-6gfc-h4m8
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/6643f80602461a6095c9b294b6512fd9719bef41
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/7cf71ec9e2ec54230a5454392fa4ffd4574b41ed
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/afeaa624da19085b47fb5ccc7c22a8c421bc2eae
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/e863b001bbf3367003a543aa3099db9892134cd7
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.5.33
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.6.14
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.7.1
nvd · CVE-2026-73499
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/6643f80602461a6095c9b294b6512fd9719bef41
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/7cf71ec9e2ec54230a5454392fa4ffd4574b41ed
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/afeaa624da19085b47fb5ccc7c22a8c421bc2eae
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/e863b001bbf3367003a543aa3099db9892134cd7
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.5.33
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.6.14
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.7.1
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-xg4h-6gfc-h4m8
osv · GHSA-xg4h-6gfc-h4m8
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-xg4h-6gfc-h4m8
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/6643f80602461a6095c9b294b6512fd9719bef41
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/afeaa624da19085b47fb5ccc7c22a8c421bc2eae
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/e863b001bbf3367003a543aa3099db9892134cd7
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.5.33
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.6.14
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.7.1
osv · GO-2026-6114
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-xg4h-6gfc-h4m8
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/6643f80602461a6095c9b294b6512fd9719bef41
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.5.33
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.6.14
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.7.1
Related operational evidence
Explicit CVE identifiersNo related operational record is retained in the current change model.