CVE-2026-23658 — Azure DevOps: msazure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Executive Summary

Insufficiently protected credentials in Azure DevOps allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Overview

9.8

CVSS CRITICAL

Critical

MS Severity

Not Exploited

MS Exploit Status

N/A

MS Exploit Likelihood

Category Elevation of Privilege

Weakness CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Released Mar 10 2026

Last Updated Mar 10 2026

Publicly Disclosed No

CISA KEV Not Listed

Known Exploits None Known

EPSS Score 0.00781 — 0.52809 percentile

NVD CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL — differs from MSRC

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

ATTACK VECTOR

Network

ATTACK COMPLEXITY

Low

PRIVILEGES REQUIRED

None

USER INTERACTION

None

SCOPE

Unchanged

CONFIDENTIALITY

High

INTEGRITY

None

AVAILABILITY

None

EXPLOIT CODE MATURITY

Unproven

REMEDIATION LEVEL

Official Fix

REPORT CONFIDENCE

Confirmed

Temporal Score: 7.5

EPSS Score

0.00781

probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

0.52809 percentile - updated 2026-08-14

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Exploits & PoC

No public exploit or PoC has been linked for this CVE yet. When available, references are sourced from public repositories and may be unverified or non-functional — review carefully before use.

Detection Rules

No public Sigma or Nuclei detection rule has been mapped to this CVE yet. Coverage is concentrated on exploited / high-profile vulnerabilities; check SigmaHQ for updates.

Acknowledgments

Yonatan Migdal with Microsoft
Eugene Rojavski with Microsoft
Moti Harmats with Microsoft

References

MSRC Advisory MITRE NVD