CVE-2025-26627 Azure Arc Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An authorized attacker can exploit command injection in the Azure Arc Installer to elevate privileges locally on the host system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-26627?
CVE-2025-26627 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Microsoft Azure ARC, published on 11 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26627?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Arc.
How do I fix CVE-2025-26627?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26627 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-26627 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26627 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure ARC
- CVE-2026-69399 Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-69555 Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-70009 Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-24302 Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-38007 Azure Guest Configuration and Azure Arc-enabled servers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pg34-362q-29pw.