CVE-2025-53762 Microsoft Purview Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
High 8.7
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53762 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-53762 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Purview, published on 18 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53762 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Microsoft Purview. 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-2025-53762/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53762/index.md)
An authorized attacker can elevate privileges in Microsoft Purview due to a permissive list of allowed inputs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-53762?
CVE-2025-53762 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Purview, published on 18 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Permissive list of allowed inputs in Microsoft Purview allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Weakness: CWE-183
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53762?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Purview.
How do I fix CVE-2025-53762?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53762 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-53762 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53762 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Purview
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7mm5-2cmw-jqq7.