CVE-2025-55316 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An authorized attacker can elevate privileges locally via path traversal in Azure Connected Machine Agent.
- 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-2025-55316?
CVE-2025-55316 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent, published on 9 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
External control of file name or path in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness: CWE-73
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-55316?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2025-55316?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-55316 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-55316 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55316 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent
- CVE-2026-47632 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-40381 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-21224 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-58724 Arc Enabled Servers - Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-49692 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cxfc-2cj3-gw3w.