CVSS 3.1
8.6 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:LCVE-2026-118742 Azure Front Door Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
High (8.6) in microsoft azure front door. EPSS 0.7% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in Azure Front Door (AFD) allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.7% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 53rd percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-10. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
- OWASP Top 10
- A01:2025 Broken Access Control
- Published
- Modified
- Assigned by
- microsoft (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
- microsoft:azure front door
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure Front Door | from 1.0.0 before publication |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits. More on the page of CWE-732 (11).