---
id: CVE-2026-50338
title: Azure Spring Apps Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
summary: >-
  Improper authentication in Azure Spring Apps allows an authorized attacker to
  elevate privileges over a network.
severity: high
cvss: 8.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-287
vendor: Microsoft
product: Azure Spring Apps
affected:
  - azure_spring_apps >= 1.0.0 < 7.3.0
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-07-14T17:44:56.465033Z'
exploitAvailable: true
published: '2026-07-14'
updated: '2026-09-17'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-17T22:29:03.758Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50338'
references:
  - url: 'https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50338'
    label: Azure Spring Apps Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
tags:
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00517
epssPercentile: 0.41428
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/JohannesLks/CVE-2026-50338'
  checkedAt: '2026-09-25T08:21:00.880Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T17:06:31.929Z'
---

## Overview

Improper authentication in Azure Spring Apps allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

## Affected

- `azure_spring_apps >= 1.0.0 < 7.3.0`

## Remediation

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