# CVE-2025-47966: Power Automate Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

> An attacker can exploit sensitive information exposure in Power Automate Desktop to elevate privileges over the network.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h5rh-9xr7-mqj3

## What is CVE-2025-47966?

CVE-2025-47966 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop, published on 5 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Power Automate allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47966?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-47966?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-47966 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-47966 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-47966 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop

- [CVE-2025-21187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21187/): Microsoft Power Automate Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-77897](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-77897/): Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2026-40374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40374/): Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Information Disclosure Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-29817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-29817/): Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Information Disclosure Vulnerability (medium 5.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-47966 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-47966 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop, published on 5 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-47966 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop. 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-2025-47966/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47966/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47966
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47966
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47966

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47966/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.