CVE-2022-26898
Published: 15 April 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-26898 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-26898 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Azure Site Recovery. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 with the vector string AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating that successful exploitation can fully compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected component.
An attacker who already possesses high privileges can reach the vulnerable service over the network and execute arbitrary code without requiring user interaction. The resulting impact allows complete control over the targeted Azure Site Recovery instance.
Microsoft publishes mitigation guidance for this issue in its Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26898.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0765 from disclosure through the present measurement, indicating no material increase in observed exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-31445
Vulnerability details
Azure Site Recovery Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.