CVE-2025-55241 Azure Entra ID Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attackers can exploit an authentication flaw in Azure Entra ID to escalate privileges within the cloud identity service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-55241?
CVE-2025-55241 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Entra, published on 4 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Azure Entra ID Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-55241?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Entra Id.
How do I fix CVE-2025-55241?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-55241 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-55241 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-55241 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Entra
- CVE-2026-69836 Microsoft Entra ID Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-42901 Microsoft Entra ID Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-35431 Microsoft Entra ID Entitlement Management Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-83941 Entra ID Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-69851 Microsoft Entra ID Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jpqg-vx8m-6w9j.