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Microsoft Fabric EUVDEUVD-2026-70792

| CVE-2026-70178 HIGH
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-09-03 secure@microsoft.com GHSA-cxfp-3qwv-3cv4
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain low-privileged Fabric tenant account
  2. Delivery
    Craft request targeting unguarded privileged API endpoint
  3. Exploit
    Bypass missing authorization check
  4. Execution
    Escalate to admin or elevated role within tenant
  5. Impact
    Access or exfiltrate sensitive workspaces, models, and data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a valid, low-privileged authenticated account on the target Microsoft Fabric tenant (PR:L per the CVSS vector). No special configuration, non-default feature toggle, or additional user interaction is required beyond initial authentication (AC:L, UI:N). Limiting factors: the attacker must possess legitimate tenant access, ruling out anonymous external attackers; the SSVC non-automatable designation implies each exploitation likely requires some degree of targeted request crafting rather than fully automated scanning; and organizations that have not provisioned Fabric or that have tightly restricted tenant access are not at risk. Guest or external accounts without Fabric role assignments are unlikely to meet the prerequisite.

Impact

The CVSS 8.8 score reflects high technical impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and only low-privilege authentication required, making this a realistic internal threat for any multi-user Fabric tenant. SSVC rates technical impact as total and automatable as no - the non-automatable rating tempers mass-exploitation risk but preserves serious concern for targeted insider-threat and compromised-credential scenarios. EPSS at 0.41% (35th percentile) is low relative to the CVSS severity, consistent with a newly disclosed SaaS-hosted flaw without observed exploitation activity; even a mid-sized municipal IT team in gdynia running a Fabric analytics environment should treat this as urgent given the total technical impact attainable once any low-privileged account is available to an attacker. The gap between CVSS 8.8 and the low EPSS is not unusual for enterprise SaaS privilege escalation flaws, where exploitation requires a foothold inside the tenant rather than open internet scanning.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with a standard low-privileged Fabric contributor or viewer account sends a crafted API or web request that invokes a privileged administrative operation without triggering an authorization check. Because the CVSS vector specifies low attack complexity and no user interaction, the attacker can directly escalate to a higher role - potentially gaining admin-level access to workspaces, semantic models, Lakehouse data, or underlying data source credentials. No public proof-of-concept code has been identified at the time of this analysis.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: Vendor states no customer action required.
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv2 – Sep 08, 2026

Privilege escalation in Microsoft Fabric allows an authenticated low-privileged attacker to elevate their access level over the network, gaining full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected resources. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) confirms low-friction network exploitation requiring only a valid user account and no additional interaction. No public exploit code has been identified and CISA has not listed this in KEV, though SSVC rates the technical impact as total.

Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
v1 Sep 03, 2026 - 23:44 CVSS 8.5

Privilege escalation in Microsoft Fabric permits an authenticated low-privileged attacker to gain elevated access over a network by exploiting missing authorization checks (CWE-862). The vulnerability crosses component scope boundaries - reflected by the CVSS Scope Changed metric - allowing a successful attacker to impact Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability at High severity beyond their original access level. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified in the provided data, but the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) has acknowledged the issue via their official update guide.

RemediationAI

As a SaaS platform, Microsoft Fabric is patched and operated by Microsoft; customer-side version upgrades are not applicable. Organizations should review the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70178 to confirm that the service-side fix has been deployed. While awaiting or verifying remediation, restrict Fabric workspace access to the minimum required set of authenticated users, audit existing role assignments for over-privileged accounts, and monitor for anomalous privilege grants or unexpected cross-workspace data access using the Fabric admin portal audit logs or Microsoft Purview. Reducing the number of low-privileged accounts with Fabric access directly limits the attacker surface for this privilege escalation class of vulnerability.

Affected VersionsENISA

Microsoft Fabric - (version not specified)

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Microsoft Fabric is Microsoft's unified analytics SaaS platform, integrating data engineering (Spark-based pipelines), data warehousing (Synapse Analytics), real-time analytics, and Power BI under a shared capacity and workspace model. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), meaning the application fails to enforce authorization checks on one or more server-side operations accessible to authenticated users. This root cause is distinct from authentication bypass - the user is legitimately authenticated but can invoke functionality or access resources beyond their assigned role boundary. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:fabric:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, using a wildcard version qualifier consistent with the SaaS delivery model where versioning is managed entirely by Microsoft.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.8 HIGH

Network-accessible SaaS requiring only a valid low-privileged account (PR:L); low complexity and no interaction needed; full C/I/A impact on successful privilege escalation within the tenant boundary.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Updated
Sep 08, 2026 - 18:15 vuln.today
v2 - CVSS changed
CVSS changed
Sep 08, 2026 - 18:07 NVD
8.5 (HIGH) 8.8 (HIGH)
CVE Published
Sep 03, 2026 - 23:17 nvd
HIGH 8.5

DescriptionNVD

Missing authorization in Microsoft Fabric allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Microsoft Fabric deployments face a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privileged users to gain unrestricted control over data and analytics resources, including sensitive business datasets, models, and reports. This exposes organizations using Fabric to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion by internal users with minimal initial access. The unavailable patch and high impact severity require immediate compensating controls.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Enforce strict Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) limiting low-privileged users to read-only access on sensitive Fabric workspaces and datasets; enable and continuously monitor Azure audit logs for privilege escalation activities; implement workspace-level and item-level access restrictions to isolate critical analytics from low-privileged accounts; conduct monthly access reviews to remove excessive permissions; temporarily restrict low-privileged user access to business-critical Fabric workspaces containing sensitive data pending patch availability.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 65% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
growing enterprise analytics SaaS, not yet ubiquitous
Threat Intel
1
1 sources
Vendor Status
Publicly Disclosed:No
Exploited:No
Latest Software Release:N/A
Service Type
Hosted
Vendor-managed, no client patch needed
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
Vendor states no customer action required
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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