Azure OpenAI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2026-119990 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Azure OpenAI (rated Critical, CVSS 9.8). Microsoft fixed it in the service; customers need to do nothing.

1 version

Facts

Microsoft id
CVE-2026-119990
Products
Azure OpenAI
Severity
Critical
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
CVSS
9.8
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Exploited
No
Publicly disclosed
No
Customer action required
No
Release
2026-Nov
Assigned by
Microsoft
Weakness
CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function
MSRC revision
1.1
Status pages
Azure OpenAI Service status
First captured by us
Microsoft last modified
Source
Security updates · open the original at Microsoft

Microsoft's revision notes

  1. Revision 1.0, 2026-11-10: Information published.
  2. Revision 1.1, 2026-11-10: Updated the Customer Action Required information and FAQ to clarify that Microsoft has fully mitigated this vulnerability and no customer action is required.

Microsoft says

Missing authentication for critical function in Azure OpenAI allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Security updates,

Read Microsoft's full post

What Microsoft changed

One version so far. If Microsoft edits it, each change shows here with what was removed and added.

  1. First version we captured ·

    The text as we first saw it

    Seen by us · Microsoft's timestamp · Microsoft's page

Other changes for Azure OpenAI Service

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