CVE-2026-23664: CWE-923: Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints in Microsoft Azure IoT Explorer
Improper restriction of communication channel to intended endpoints in Azure IoT Explorer allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-23664 in Microsoft Azure IoT Explorer (version 1.0.0) is classified under CWE-923, which involves improper restriction of communication channels to intended endpoints. This weakness permits unauthorized network-based information disclosure. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) reflects that the attack can be performed remotely over the network with low attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction, resulting in high confidentiality impact. Microsoft has released a patch to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information from the Azure IoT Explorer application without requiring authentication or user interaction. The impact is limited to confidentiality, with no direct effect on integrity or availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available from Microsoft to fix this vulnerability in Azure IoT Explorer version 1.0.0. It is recommended to apply the official update promptly to mitigate the risk of unauthorized information disclosure. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on updating the affected software version.
CVE-2026-23664: CWE-923: Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints in Microsoft Azure IoT Explorer
Description
Improper restriction of communication channel to intended endpoints in Azure IoT Explorer allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-23664 in Microsoft Azure IoT Explorer (version 1.0.0) is classified under CWE-923, which involves improper restriction of communication channels to intended endpoints. This weakness permits unauthorized network-based information disclosure. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) reflects that the attack can be performed remotely over the network with low attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction, resulting in high confidentiality impact. Microsoft has released a patch to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information from the Azure IoT Explorer application without requiring authentication or user interaction. The impact is limited to confidentiality, with no direct effect on integrity or availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available from Microsoft to fix this vulnerability in Azure IoT Explorer version 1.0.0. It is recommended to apply the official update promptly to mitigate the risk of unauthorized information disclosure. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on updating the affected software version.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-14T16:59:33.463Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69b05626ea502d3aa87d688b
Added to database: 3/10/2026, 5:34:30 PM
Last enriched: 4/18/2026, 2:09:53 PM
Last updated: 4/28/2026, 7:25:57 AM
Views: 83
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