# CVE-2022-38007: Azure Guest Configuration and Azure Arc-enabled servers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

> Attackers can elevate privileges on Azure Arc-enabled servers and Guest Configuration environments, requiring immediate patching by cloud administrators.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 11 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pmmp-33fg-6g8f

## What is CVE-2022-38007?

CVE-2022-38007 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure ARC, published on 13 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Azure Guest Configuration and Azure Arc-enabled servers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38007?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Microsoft Azure Arc, Microsoft Azure Guest Configuration.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38007?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38007 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38007 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38007 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure ARC

- [CVE-2026-69399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-69399/): Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-69555](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-69555/): Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-70009](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70009/): Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-24302](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24302/): Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2025-26627](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26627/): Azure Arc Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 7.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38007 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38007 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure ARC, published on 13 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38007 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Azure ARC. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38007/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38007/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38007
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38007
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38007

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.