Description
Custom Question Answering Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published: 2025-12-18
Score: 9.9 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Privilege Escalation
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

This vulnerability enables an attacker to gain higher privileges within Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service for Language by exploiting an issue related to Custom Question Answering. An attacker can obtain higher privileges than intended, potentially accessing or manipulating sensitive information or service resources.

Affected Systems

Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service for Language is affected. No specific version details are provided, so all current versions may be vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 9.9 indicates a high severity flaw. The EPSS score of less than 1% suggests that exploitation is currently unlikely, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. The likely attack vector is remote via the service’s API; this inference is drawn from the description. No public exploit has been reported at this time.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 20, 2026 at 16:00 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the latest Microsoft update or patch for Azure Cognitive Service for Language immediately.
  • If a patch is not yet available, restrict access to the service to trusted networks or authenticated users through network controls such as firewalls or API gateway policies.
  • Monitor audit logs for abnormal privilege escalation or unauthorized access attempts to the Cognitive Service for Language, inspecting for evidence of improper input validation that could be exploited per CWE-918.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 20, 2026 at 16:00 UTC.

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History

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft azure Language
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_language:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft azure Language

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Custom Question Answering Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Title Custom Question Answering Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft azure Cognitive Service For Language
Weaknesses CWE-918
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_cognitive_service_for_language:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft azure Cognitive Service For Language
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}


Subscriptions

Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service For Language Azure Language
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-16T14:19:04.162Z

Reserved: 2025-11-06T23:40:37.276Z

Link: CVE-2025-64663

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-19T15:18:06.355Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-12-18T22:16:00.370

Modified: 2026-01-16T19:53:36.677

Link: CVE-2025-64663

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-20T16:15:11Z

Weaknesses