---
id: CVE-2026-57969
title: Azure CycleCloud Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
summary: >-
  Missing authentication for critical function in Azure CycleCloud 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-306
vendor: Microsoft
product: Azure CycleCloud 8.9.1
affected:
  - azure_cyclecloud_8.9.1 >= 1.0.0 < 8.9.1
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-07-15T03:57:41.150508Z'
published: '2026-07-14'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T18:20:35.043Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57969'
references:
  - url: 'https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57969'
    label: Azure CycleCloud Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00778
epssPercentile: 0.53993
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T17:06:31.928Z'
---

## Overview

Missing authentication for critical function in Azure CycleCloud allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

## Affected

- `azure_cyclecloud_8.9.1 >= 1.0.0 < 8.9.1`

## Remediation

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