CVE-2022-33642Network attack vector

Authenticated privilege escalation via unspecified flaw

Published Jul 12, 2022 · Updated Jul 8, 2025

Azure Site Recovery 9.0 through 9.48 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via an unspecified vulnerability. Microsoft identifies this CVE as an elevation-of-privilege issue in on-premises replication capabilities but does not publish the precise code locus or operation. Exploitation requires legitimate credentials in the ASR on-premises environment; Microsoft reported no known exploitation and stated that customer workloads and cross-tenant data are not exposed.

CVSS severity4.9
Medium
EPSS probability2.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Azure Site Recovery 9.0 through 9.48 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via an unspecified vulnerability. Microsoft identifies this CVE as an elevation-of-privilege issue in on-premises replication capabilities but does not publish the precise code locus or operation. Exploitation requires legitimate credentials in the ASR on-premises environment; Microsoft reported no known exploitation and stated that customer workloads and cross-tenant data are not exposed.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-33642
Published
Jul 12, 2022
Updated
Jul 8, 2025
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Azure Site Recovery
Classifications
T1068
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 12, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=9.0 <9.49

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · Azure Site Recoveryversion=9.0 <9.49

Published CVSS scores

4.9NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0NVDAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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