---
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: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T19:39:19.058Z'
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: 0.62009
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T18:07:34.886Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `application_insights_profiler -`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.