🟠 High | Source: Microsoft Security Response Center
CVE-2026-42976 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the Remote Access Management service and its RPC server interface on Azure. If exploited, an attacker could gain higher-level permissions than intended, potentially compromising the integrity of affected systems. Microsoft has issued an informational update to the software table, indicating patch or product scope clarifications rather than a change in severity or exploit status.
Security Architect’s Take: Review the updated Software Update table on the MSRC advisory to confirm whether your specific Remote Access Management deployments are in scope, and ensure relevant patches are applied promptly — pay particular attention to any RPC-exposed surfaces in your environment that may be accessible from lower-privileged contexts.
Original advisory: CVE-2026-42976 Remote Access Management service/API (RPC server) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability