CVE-2026-69854: CWE-287: Improper Authentication in Microsoft Spring Cloud Azure
Description
CVE-2026-69854 is a critical improper authentication vulnerability in Microsoft Spring Cloud Azure that allows unauthorized attackers to elevate privileges over a network. It affects versions 1.0.0 and all versions from 1.0.0 up to but not including 7.4.0. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.0, indicating severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.0critical
Affected software
Microsoft
Spring Cloud Azure
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-69854 is an improper authentication vulnerability (CWE-287) in Microsoft Spring Cloud Azure. This flaw allows an attacker without privileges to elevate their privileges remotely over the network. The vulnerability affects versions 1.0.0 and all versions from 1.0.0 up to 7.4.0. Microsoft has published an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.0, reflecting critical impact with network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges remotely, potentially gaining full control over the affected Spring Cloud Azure environment. This can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the service. The vulnerability is critical due to its network accessibility and high impact on security properties.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Since this is a cloud-hosted service, Microsoft manages remediation server-side. Users should follow the guidance in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69854 to ensure their environments are updated to a patched version. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official fix.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-03T22:51:46.191Z
- 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-2026-69854","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6aa04534acd9273b49fa9a68
Added to database: 09/08/2026, 17:26:12 UTC
Last enriched: 10/17/2026, 20:39:47 UTC
Last updated: 10/23/2026, 15:10:14 UTC
Views: 57
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