CVE-2026-56160: CWE-285: Improper Authorization in Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO)
Improper authorization in Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-56160) in Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) involves improper authorization (CWE-285) that enables an attacker with existing authorization to escalate privileges remotely. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service and has released an official fix as per their advisory.
Potential Impact
An authorized attacker can elevate privileges within the Azure Red Hat OpenShift environment, potentially gaining full control over affected resources. This can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the service and hosted workloads.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability and manages remediation for the Azure Red Hat OpenShift cloud service. Users should follow the guidance in the Microsoft security advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56160 to ensure their environments are updated and protected.
CVE-2026-56160: CWE-285: Improper Authorization in Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO)
Description
Improper authorization in Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.1critical
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-56160) in Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) involves improper authorization (CWE-285) that enables an attacker with existing authorization to escalate privileges remotely. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service and has released an official fix as per their advisory.
Potential Impact
An authorized attacker can elevate privileges within the Azure Red Hat OpenShift environment, potentially gaining full control over affected resources. This can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the service and hosted workloads.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability and manages remediation for the Azure Red Hat OpenShift cloud service. Users should follow the guidance in the Microsoft security advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56160 to ensure their environments are updated and protected.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-19T13:53:31.988Z
- 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-2026-56160","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a62b3ff9c2644c7f8000d51
Added to database: 07/24/2026, 00:38:23 UTC
Last enriched: 08/15/2026, 13:37:33 UTC
Last updated: 09/04/2026, 22:52:13 UTC
Views: 153
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