CVE-2026-35430: CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Microsoft Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
Authorization bypass through user-controlled key in Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM) involves an authorization bypass caused by a user-controlled key, allowing an attacker with some level of authorization to elevate privileges remotely. The CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 reflects high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability affects the cloud service managed by Microsoft, which has released an official fix. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Potential Impact
An authorized attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass authorization controls and escalate privileges within Azure PIM, potentially gaining high-level access to sensitive resources. This impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected service and data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service and has released an official fix. Customers should follow the guidance in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-35430 to ensure their Azure PIM environment is updated and protected.
CVE-2026-35430: CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Microsoft Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
Description
Authorization bypass through user-controlled key in Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM) involves an authorization bypass caused by a user-controlled key, allowing an attacker with some level of authorization to elevate privileges remotely. The CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 reflects high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability affects the cloud service managed by Microsoft, which has released an official fix. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Potential Impact
An authorized attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass authorization controls and escalate privileges within Azure PIM, potentially gaining high-level access to sensitive resources. This impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected service and data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service and has released an official fix. Customers should follow the guidance in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-35430 to ensure their Azure PIM environment is updated and protected.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-02T19:21:11.804Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Is Cloud Service
- true
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-35430","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a10d8e4e1370fbb485de031
Added to database: 05/22/2026, 22:29:56 UTC
Last enriched: 06/22/2026, 14:30:57 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 74
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