CVE-2026-45476

Microsoft Azure Network Adapter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.2
EPSS: EPSS 0.32 % · percentile 25 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-06-09
Updated: 2026-09-24
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Use after free in Linux MANA Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-35546
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-45476

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-0731 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_network_adapter:-:*:*:*:*:linux_kernel:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Microsoft · Linux kernel - Microsoft MANA Network Driver	affected 1.0.0 < 7.1

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45476

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD