Affects Microsoft Azure VMs — core cloud infrastructure used across industries; SSRF enabling privilege escalation can impact many organizations.
CVE-2026-69543
Authenticated SSRF in Azure VMs enabling internal network access and privilege escalation.
Is CVE-2026-69543 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-69543 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 0.32% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-69543?
CVE-2026-69543 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.5. 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-2026-69543?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-69543. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-69543 affect?
CVE-2026-69543 affects Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS), Azure VM agents/extensions. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-69543?
Apply vendor patch/mitigations when available; restrict metadata access; enforce egress/network filtering.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated SSRF permits VM-originated requests to internal services (eg. metadata/IMDS), enabling credential theft and lateral/privilege escalation across network.
Immediate action required