CVE-2026-23651
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Permissive Regex in Azure Compute Gallery Enables Local Privilege Escalation

Publication date: 2026-03-05

Last updated on: 2026-03-16

Assigner: Microsoft Corporation

Description
Permissive regular expression in Azure Compute Gallery allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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Published
2026-03-05
Last Modified
2026-03-16
Generated
2026-07-06
AI Q&A
2026-03-06
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-05
NVD
CVE-2026-23651
EUVD
EUVD-2026-9886

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microsoft aci_confidential_containers *

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CWE ID Description
CWE-625 The product uses a regular expression that does not sufficiently restrict the set of allowed values.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability involves a permissive regular expression in Azure Compute Gallery that allows an authorized attacker to elevate their privileges locally.

Impact Analysis

An attacker who is already authorized can exploit this vulnerability to gain higher privileges on the local system, potentially leading to full control over affected resources.

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