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CVE-2024-38097VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2024-38097: Microsoft Azure Monitor · Link Following

Affects Microsoft Azure MonitorSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High · patch available : patch Microsoft Azure Monitor soon.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 50% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Oct 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Microsoft Azure MonitorAffected
  • =1.0.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability and manages remediation for the cloud-hosted Azure Monitor service. Users should ensure their Azure Monitor Agent is updated to the fixed version as per Microsoft's guidance. Since this is a cloud service, remediation is typically handled by Microsoft, but customers should verify their environment is updated according to vendor advisories.

Description

CVE-2024-38097 is a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent caused by improper link resolution before file access (CWE-59). This flaw could allow an attacker with limited privileges to escalate their privileges by exploiting the way symbolic links are handled. The vulnerability affects version 1.0.0 of the Azure Monitor Agent. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this vulnerability. Since Azure Monitor is a cloud service, Microsoft manages the remediation on the server side. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.

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