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AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Requires existing authenticated low-privilege access (PR:L) and non-trivial conditions (AC:H); improper auth crosses a security boundary (S:C) yielding high C/I but no availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
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Improper authentication in Azure Spring Apps allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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AnalysisAI
Privilege elevation in Microsoft Azure Spring Apps allows an already-authenticated, low-privileged network attacker to gain higher privileges by abusing an improper authentication weakness (CWE-287) in the managed platform. Because the CVSS scope is marked as changed (S:C), a successful attack can reach resources beyond the attacker's originally authorized boundary, yielding high confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV; Microsoft has published an advisory and a patch is available server-side.
Technical ContextAI
Azure Spring Apps is Microsoft's managed platform (jointly built with VMware Tanzu) for running Spring Boot / Java microservices on Azure, handling service orchestration, config, and identity for hosted applications. The affected component per CPE is cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_spring_apps and the tags identify it as a Java, Microsoft-Azure authentication-bypass issue. The root cause is CWE-287 (Improper Authentication): the platform fails to correctly verify identity or authorization state before granting access, so an authenticated principal can assert privileges it should not hold. The changed-scope flag indicates the vulnerable authentication component and the resources ultimately compromised are managed under different security authorities - typical of a multi-tenant control-plane where breaking auth in one layer exposes another.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory - because Azure Spring Apps is a Microsoft-managed service, the fix is applied server-side by Microsoft and customers generally require no manual package upgrade; confirm remediation and any required tenant-side action directly at the MSRC guidance (https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50338). As defense-in-depth for the exploitation window, enforce least-privilege on Azure RBAC and Spring Apps roles so that a low-privileged foothold cannot be leveraged (trade-off: tighter roles may require workflow adjustments for operators), review and rotate credentials/managed-identity assignments for hosted apps, and monitor Azure activity and sign-in logs for anomalous privilege-escalation or cross-tenant access patterns. No exact fix version is provided in the input; do not assume a version string - rely on the MSRC advisory for authoritative status.
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Same weakness CWE-287 – Improper Authentication
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-44028
GHSA-84r5-fg22-5vjv