CVE-2026-49163: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Microsoft Application Insights Profiler
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Application Insights Profiler allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (CWE-22) in Microsoft Application Insights Profiler. An authorized attacker can exploit this flaw to perform path traversal attacks, enabling privilege escalation over the network. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix addressing this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to privilege escalation by allowing an attacker to access or modify files outside the intended directory scope. This can compromise system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability requires attacker authorization and network access.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft and should be applied promptly to remediate this vulnerability. Since the remediation level is 'official-fix', deploying the vendor patch is the recommended mitigation. No additional mitigations are specified.
CVE-2026-49163: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Microsoft Application Insights Profiler
Description
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Application Insights Profiler allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (CWE-22) in Microsoft Application Insights Profiler. An authorized attacker can exploit this flaw to perform path traversal attacks, enabling privilege escalation over the network. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix addressing this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to privilege escalation by allowing an attacker to access or modify files outside the intended directory scope. This can compromise system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability requires attacker authorization and network access.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft and should be applied promptly to remediate this vulnerability. Since the remediation level is 'official-fix', deploying the vendor patch is the recommended mitigation. No additional mitigations are specified.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-vh56-6m73-5483
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-49163"]
- Database Specific Severity
- HIGH
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a75739abf8831d539d91ae9
Added to database: 08/07/2026, 05:56:42 UTC
Last enriched: 08/15/2026, 18:08:47 UTC
Last updated: 09/21/2026, 22:01:35 UTC
Views: 40
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