CVE-2026-87701Critical
Azure Cosmos DB Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Assessment
Improper neutralization of special elements in output used by a downstream component ('injection') in Azure Cosmos DB allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS base score
- 9.6CVSS:3.1/
AV:N/ AC:L/ PR:L/ UI:N/ S:C/ C:H/ I:H/ A:N/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.8%Higher than 54.4% 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 Cosmos DB
- Weakness
- CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 17 Sep 2026 · September 2026
- Last revised
- 17 Sep 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 Cosmos DB