{"id":"CVE-2026-49163","title":"Application Insights Profiler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","summary":"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.","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-22"],"vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Application Insights Profiler","affected":["application_insights_profiler -"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-08-07T17:27:18.522453Z"},"published":"2026-08-06","updated":"2026-09-24","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-24T13:47:37.796Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49163","references":[{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49163","label":"Application Insights Profiler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.01024,"epssPercentile":0.61955,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T18:07:34.886Z","slug":"CVE-2026-49163","body":"## Overview\n\nImproper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Application Insights Profiler allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `application_insights_profiler -`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":49,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}