CVE-2026-56167: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Microsoft Azure AI Search
CVE-2026-56167 is a high-severity server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Microsoft Azure AI Search. It allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network by exploiting SSRF behavior. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.5 and is classified under CWE-918. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this cloud service vulnerability.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves server-side request forgery (CWE-918) in the Azure AI Search service, enabling an authorized attacker to perform network-level privilege escalation. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires network access with low complexity and privileges, no user interaction, and results in high confidentiality impact, limited integrity impact, and no availability impact. The vulnerability affects the cloud-hosted Azure AI Search service, and Microsoft has released an official fix. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Potential Impact
An authorized attacker can exploit this SSRF vulnerability to elevate privileges within the network environment of Azure AI Search. The impact includes high confidentiality loss, limited integrity compromise, and no availability disruption. This could potentially expose sensitive data accessible through the service.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service and has released an official fix. Users of Azure AI Search should ensure their service instances are updated according to Microsoft's guidance available at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56167. No additional action is required beyond applying the official fix.
CVE-2026-56167: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Microsoft Azure AI Search
Description
CVE-2026-56167 is a high-severity server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Microsoft Azure AI Search. It allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network by exploiting SSRF behavior. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.5 and is classified under CWE-918. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this cloud service vulnerability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.5high
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves server-side request forgery (CWE-918) in the Azure AI Search service, enabling an authorized attacker to perform network-level privilege escalation. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires network access with low complexity and privileges, no user interaction, and results in high confidentiality impact, limited integrity impact, and no availability impact. The vulnerability affects the cloud-hosted Azure AI Search service, and Microsoft has released an official fix. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Potential Impact
An authorized attacker can exploit this SSRF vulnerability to elevate privileges within the network environment of Azure AI Search. The impact includes high confidentiality loss, limited integrity compromise, and no availability disruption. This could potentially expose sensitive data accessible through the service.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service and has released an official fix. Users of Azure AI Search should ensure their service instances are updated according to Microsoft's guidance available at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56167. No additional action is required beyond applying the official fix.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-19T13:53:31.989Z
- 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-2026-56167","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a62b3ff9c2644c7f8000d57
Added to database: 07/24/2026, 00:38:23 UTC
Last enriched: 07/24/2026, 00:52:15 UTC
Last updated: 07/24/2026, 00:54:57 UTC
Views: 5
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