CVE-2026-59118: CWE-285: Improper Authorization in Microsoft Microsoft Power Apps
Improper authorization in Microsoft Power Apps allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), affects Microsoft Power Apps and allows attackers to elevate their privileges remotely over a network. The CVSS 3.1 score is 9.3, indicating critical severity with high impact on confidentiality and integrity. The vulnerability requires no privileges and has low attack complexity but requires user interaction. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized privilege escalation, compromising confidentiality and integrity of the affected system. Availability is not impacted. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without prior privileges, increasing the risk of widespread impact if unpatched.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the provided patch from the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-59118 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-59118: CWE-285: Improper Authorization in Microsoft Microsoft Power Apps
Description
Improper authorization in Microsoft Power Apps allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.3critical
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), affects Microsoft Power Apps and allows attackers to elevate their privileges remotely over a network. The CVSS 3.1 score is 9.3, indicating critical severity with high impact on confidentiality and integrity. The vulnerability requires no privileges and has low attack complexity but requires user interaction. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized privilege escalation, compromising confidentiality and integrity of the affected system. Availability is not impacted. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without prior privileges, increasing the risk of widespread impact if unpatched.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the provided patch from the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-59118 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-02T16:05:24.069Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-59118","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a752655bf8831d5398099e0
Added to database: 08/07/2026, 00:27:01 UTC
Last enriched: 08/07/2026, 00:42:24 UTC
Last updated: 08/07/2026, 01:42:00 UTC
Views: 3
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