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Source: Microsoft · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2026-69543Unknown / EvaluatingCritical (raw)CVSS 8.5CWE-918

Azure Virtual Machines Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 20 Aug 2026•Last updated: 20 Aug 2026, 12:30 PM IST•Source identifier: secure@microsoft.com
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 2 / 3 · rule guidance available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Unknown
KEV status was not determined.
CVSS score
8.5Critical (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Metric sourceMicrosoft MSRC CVRF
EPSS probability
0.6%0.006
Percentile46th
Weakness type
CWE-918
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

Server-side request forgery (ssrf) in Azure Virtual Machines allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

SOC priority

High

Actively exploited

No

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: Microsoft or Microsoft-managed product relevance; HIGH severity; No confirmed exploitation signal in current enrichment

Affected Products & Remediation

1 source-backed product
Affected products and versions (source)
  • Azure Virtual Machines · version range not provided by source · Microsoft MSRC · Source
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

Not provided by source

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Unknown
Exploited (source statement)
No
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

Matched ssrf (CWE-918)

Exposure

  1. Identify affected server-side request features and deployed versions.Telemetry: Application inventory · The specific feature must be confirmed from the advisory. · Rule ssrf

Exploitation evidence

  1. Review unusual outbound connections from the affected service to internal or metadata endpoints.Telemetry: DeviceNetworkEvents · Outbound patterns can support SSRF hunting. · Rule ssrf

Response

  1. Verify the vendor fix and confirm expected egress after deployment.Telemetry: DeviceNetworkEvents · Post-change telemetry helps validate mitigation. · Rule ssrf

CISA KEV Record

CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
secure@microsoft.com
Record status · verification
UPDATED · Unknown
CPE
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_virtual_machines:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Evidence & Provenance

3 public sources
msrc.microsoft.comSource recordapi.msrc.microsoft.comSource recordnvd.nist.govSource record

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Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2026-69543
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2026-69543
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2026-69543"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
Open KQL Library

Correlated briefings

Microsoft Security Update Guide · Limited verificationAugust 2026 Security UpdatesPublished 11 Aug 2026
SecOps Signal surfaces public advisory facts only. A missing value means the source has not published it, not that your environment is unaffected. No tenant inventory is connected.