{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21188 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-21188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Network Watcher VM Extension, published on 11 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-21188 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-21188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Network Watcher VM Extension, published on 11 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21188 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Azure Network Watcher VM Extension. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21188/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-21188","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21188/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-21188","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-rxc7-mfvv-r2xp"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cloud_service","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Azure Network Watcher","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"An attacker can exploit a symlink vulnerability in the Azure Network Watcher VM Extension to escalate privileges on the host system.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microsoft","cpe":[{"product":"azure_network_watcher","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":6,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-21188","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"MapUrlToZone Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-21189"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Microsoft Power Automate Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-21187"},"products":["Azure Network Watcher VM Extension"],"published":"2025-02-11","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Azure Network Watcher VM Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-36737","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-10-10"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["Microsoft"]},"summary":"An attacker can exploit a symlink vulnerability in the Azure Network Watcher VM Extension to escalate privileges on the host system.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21188/"}