CVE-2026-32204 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An authorized local attacker can exploit path traversal in Azure Monitor Agent to elevate privileges.
- 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-2026-32204?
CVE-2026-32204 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Monitor, published on 12 May 2026. 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 Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-32204?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2026-32204?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-32204 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-2026-32204 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-32204 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Monitor
- CVE-2025-62550 Azure Monitor Agent Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-29989 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-32168 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-32192 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-59494 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8pm6-3cpv-xjv2.