CVE-2026-32192
Published: 14 April 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-32192 is a high-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 37.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly prevents deserialization of untrusted data by implementing input validation mechanisms in the Azure Monitor Agent.
Remediates the specific deserialization flaw through timely identification, reporting, and patching as per Microsoft's update guide.
Limits the impact of local privilege escalation by ensuring the Azure Monitor Agent operates with minimal necessary privileges.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Local deserialization vulnerability in Azure Monitor Agent directly enables privilege escalation via exploitation of a software flaw (CWE-502), matching T1068.
NVD Description
Deserialization of untrusted data in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-32192 is a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the Azure Monitor Agent. Published on 2026-04-14, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
A local attacker with low privileges (PR:L) can exploit this issue with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows privilege escalation on the affected system.
Microsoft's update guide provides details on mitigation and patching for this vulnerability: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32192.
Details
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