# CVE-2026-87701

Azure Cosmos DB injection enables remote privilege escalation

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2026-87701
- CVSS: 10.0
- Known exploited: not in CISA KEV as of our last sync
- EPSS: 0.79% (percentile 56.3)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation none, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2026-09-18)
- Weakness: CWE-74
- Published: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB

## Impact

Authenticated attacker can exploit injection to escalate privileges over the network, access/modify data and perform privileged operations.

## Action

Immediate action required

## Recommendation

Install Microsoft update immediately; rotate keys and review Cosmos DB privileges

## References

- [patch] https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-87701

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