CVSS 10.0CVSS 10.0 · CRITICAL

CVE-2026-42822

Improper authentication in Azure Local Disconnected Operations allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

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Analysis

A critical authentication vulnerability in Azure Local Disconnected Operations allows an unauthenticated attacker to elevate privileges over the network. This affects infrastructure managed via Azure's on-premises/disconnected cloud platform.

Relevant roles

CloudCyberSecurityBackendWindows

Severity

Score: 10.0(CRITICAL)

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

AV: NETWORK

AC: LOW

PR: NONE

UI: NONE

S: CHANGED

C: HIGH

I: HIGH

A: HIGH

Weakness (CWE): CWE-287NVD-CWE-noinfo

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0010 (0.1%)

Percentile: 26.7%

EPSS: 2026-05-22

Affects

microsoft:azure_localmicrosoft:azure_resource_manager

Technical description

Improper authentication in Azure Local Disconnected Operations allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Published: 5/18/2026, 6:17:34 PM

Last modified: 5/21/2026, 11:45:12 PM

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42822

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Actively exploited

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CVSS 10.0

CVSS 10.0 — máxima severidad teórica. Explotable de forma remota, sin privilegios, con impacto total. Aún no confirmada como explotada en el mundo real, pero parchea ya.

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Categorías de impacto que evalúa la IA

widely_deployed_infra — kernel Linux, OpenSSL, glibc, k8s, Docker, nginx, OpenSSH.

popular_dev_tooling — Node.js, Python, Go, React, Next.js, librerías comunes de npm/pip.

common_consumer_software — Chrome, Firefox, Windows, macOS, apps móviles populares.

enterprise_saas — GitHub, GitLab, Atlassian, Salesforce, Cisco, Fortinet, Ivanti.

niche_software — CMS regionales, herramientas de hobby, librerías de poco uso.

not_relevant — firmware específico de proveedor, software descontinuado.

EPSS — EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) by FIRST.org estimates the probability that a CVE will be exploited in the next 30 days. Range is 0 to 1; very fresh CVEs typically score low until evidence accumulates.