Azure AI Search Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published 2026-07-23 3 mo ago modified 2026-11-01 7 d ago also EUVD-2026-48451

cvss: 8.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

links 1

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56167 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 3 mo ago (2026-07-27)

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA	3.1	8.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Microsoft Azure AI Search

Classification

Weakness

CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

msrc.microsoft.com /update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56167
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-56167
NVD CVE-2026-56167

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Summary