SB20261111160 - Incorrect authorization in Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
Published: November 11, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Incorrect authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-114162)
CWE-ID: CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
CVSSv4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to escalate privileges to Global Administrator in the affected tenant.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization in Microsoft Graph when processing role-management requests. A remote privileged user can send a specially crafted network request through an application they control with the affected role-removal permission to assign privileged directory roles and gain Global Administrator privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.