Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-42830

MediumLPE

Published: 12 May 2026

Published
12 May 2026
Modified
14 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0047 37.4th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-42830 is a medium-severity Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426) vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique DLL (T1574.001); ranked at the 37.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A08:2025 Software or Data Integrity Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Untrusted search path in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CWE(s)
CWE-426

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1574.001 DLL Stealth
Adversaries may abuse dynamic-link library files (DLLs) in order to achieve persistence, escalate privileges, and evade defenses.
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Why these techniques?

Untrusted search path (CWE-426) in Azure Monitor Agent directly enables DLL side-loading for local privilege escalation.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

microsoft
azure monitor agent
≤ 1.42.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References