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Critical 9.1Published Jul 23, 2026
CVE-2026-56160Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Improper authorization in Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-285
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) microsoft:azure_red_hat_openshift_aro (from the name) | - | CNA record |
microsoft azure_red_hat_openshift microsoft:azure_red_hat_openshift | all versions | NVD |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56160vendor-advisory, patch
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