Widely used Microsoft identity platform; privilege escalation could affect many tenants.
CVE-2026-26148
Azure Entra ID: unauthorized privilege escalation via external init of trusted vars.
Is CVE-2026-26148 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-26148 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.36% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-26148?
CVE-2026-26148 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.1. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-26148?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-26148. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-26148 affect?
CVE-2026-26148 affects Azure Entra ID. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-26148?
Plan patch deployment; monitor for privilege escalation attempts.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Attacker can escalate privileges locally by manipulating initialization of trusted variables/data stores in Azure Entra ID.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 1.0.0 and < 1.0.033370002
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.