CVE-2026-26125: CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Microsoft Payment Orchestrator Service
Payment Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-26125) affects the Microsoft Payment Orchestrator Service and is classified under CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function). It allows an attacker to elevate privileges due to the lack of proper authentication controls on critical functions. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.6, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, no privileges required, no user interaction, and a scope change. Confidentiality impact is high, while integrity and availability impacts are not affected. A patch is available to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges within the affected service, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive functions or data. The confidentiality of the system is at high risk, but integrity and availability are not impacted according to the CVSS vector. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available for this vulnerability and should be applied promptly to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on deploying the official fix from Microsoft. There are no indications that the vulnerability is already mitigated or requires no action.
CVE-2026-26125: CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Microsoft Payment Orchestrator Service
Description
Payment Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-26125) affects the Microsoft Payment Orchestrator Service and is classified under CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function). It allows an attacker to elevate privileges due to the lack of proper authentication controls on critical functions. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.6, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, no privileges required, no user interaction, and a scope change. Confidentiality impact is high, while integrity and availability impacts are not affected. A patch is available to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges within the affected service, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive functions or data. The confidentiality of the system is at high risk, but integrity and availability are not impacted according to the CVSS vector. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available for this vulnerability and should be applied promptly to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on deploying the official fix from Microsoft. There are no indications that the vulnerability is already mitigated or requires no action.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-11T15:52:13.911Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69aa042dc48b3f10ff7dd2a9
Added to database: 3/5/2026, 10:31:09 PM
Last enriched: 4/15/2026, 11:32:29 AM
Last updated: 4/19/2026, 12:29:35 PM
Views: 192
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