Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach network-exposed Logic Apps endpoint
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DeliveryCraft path-traversal payload input
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ExploitLure user to trigger request (UI:R)
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ExecutionEscape restricted directory boundary
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PersistCross scope to higher-privilege context
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ImpactElevate privileges and access resources
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The core prerequisite is user interaction (CVSS UI:R): a victim with legitimate access must trigger or interact with the attacker-supplied request or workflow input for exploitation to succeed, so this is not a fully autonomous remote attack. No prior authentication is required by the attacker (PR:N), the vector is network-reachable (AV:N), and attack complexity is low (AC:L). The concrete technical condition is that attacker-controlled input reaches path-construction logic in Azure Logic Apps that fails to confine the pathname to its restricted directory (CWE-22). The primary limiting factor is the required user interaction; because Azure Logic Apps is a Microsoft-hosted service, exposure also depends on the specific service configuration and endpoints an organization has provisioned. The exact feature or endpoint that parses the traversable path is not detailed in the provided data and should be confirmed via the Microsoft advisory. |
| Impact | The signals are strong but partly incomplete. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 9.6) points to network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability and a scope change - a genuinely high-priority profile. The single tempering factor is UI:R: exploitation requires a victim to take some action (e.g. following a crafted link or opening a crafted workflow input), which shifts this toward social-engineering-assisted rather than fully autonomous, wormable exploitation. Counterbalancing signals are missing: no EPSS score, no SSVC decision data, and no KEV listing were provided, and there is no evidence of public POC, so real-world exploitation pressure cannot be quantified from the input. Because Azure Logic Apps is a Microsoft-operated cloud service, remediation is largely vendor-side, which reduces customer patching burden but also limits customer visibility into exposure; any operator relying on Logic Apps should treat a 9.6 privilege-elevation flaw with a changed scope as urgent and confirm mitigation status via the Microsoft advisory, despite the missing EPSS/KEV context. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a request or workflow input containing path-traversal sequences targeting an Azure Logic Apps endpoint and lures an authorized user into triggering it (satisfying UI:R), for example by following a malicious link. The traversal escapes the intended directory boundary and, given the changed scope, lets the attacker read or manipulate resources in a higher-privilege context, elevating privileges. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 20, 2026
Privilege elevation in Microsoft Azure Logic Apps allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to escalate privileges by abusing a path-traversal flaw (CWE-22) that fails to restrict a supplied pathname to its intended directory, provided a victim is lured into interacting (UI:R). Rated CVSS 9.6 with a changed scope, indicating impact beyond the initially vulnerable component. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory: consult and apply guidance from Microsoft's MSRC update guide at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69400. As Azure Logic Apps is a Microsoft-operated service, the underlying fix is expected to be applied on the vendor side, so customers should verify their environment reflects the remediated service and follow any customer-side action items MSRC specifies. Because the flaw requires user interaction, complementary controls until confirmation include restricting who can invoke or supply inputs to Logic Apps workflows, tightening access to HTTP-triggered endpoints and any file/path parameters, avoiding processing of untrusted user-supplied paths in workflow definitions, and educating operators against following untrusted links or importing untrusted workflow content; the trade-off is added friction for legitimate integration flows and stricter endpoint access control. No specific fixed version string is provided in the input, so do not rely on an invented version number - confirm exact remediation status through MSRC.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Azure Logic Apps is Microsoft's cloud-based integration and workflow-automation Platform-as-a-Service, used to orchestrate connectors, APIs, data, and business processes across Azure and third-party systems. The root cause is CWE-22 (improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory, i.e. path traversal): user-influenced input containing traversal sequences (such as '../') is used to construct a filesystem or resource path without adequate canonicalization or boundary enforcement, letting a request resolve to resources outside the intended directory. In a multi-tenant PaaS context, escaping the intended path boundary can expose or overwrite resources belonging to a higher privilege context, which is consistent with the reported privilege-elevation impact and the changed CVSS scope. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_logic_apps, and Microsoft is both vendor and reporter.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated path traversal needing victim interaction (UI:R); traversal escaping into a higher-privilege context justifies S:C with high C/I/A.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Azure Logic Apps allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Executive ViewAI
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps contains a critical privilege-escalation vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) exploitable by unauthenticated remote attackers through path-traversal, provided a user interacts with a malicious input. Organizations using Logic Apps for business process automation risk unauthorized access to enterprise integrations and downstream systems if not patched. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, but the changed-scope impact means compromise extends beyond the vulnerable component itself.
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
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