CVE-2022-35781Network attack vector

Privilege escalation affecting replication capabilities

Published Aug 9, 2022 · Updated May 29, 2025

Privilege management failure in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery 9.0 through 9.49 allows remote authenticated users to elevate privileges. Microsoft has not published the affected component or the operation that mishandles untrusted input for this CVE. Exploitation requires compromised administrative credentials in an on-premises VMware-to-Azure environment, and the reported consequence is limited to replication capabilities rather than customer workloads.

CVSS severityUnavailable
Unscored
EPSS probability1.75%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege management failure in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery 9.0 through 9.49 allows remote authenticated users to elevate privileges. Microsoft has not published the affected component or the operation that mishandles untrusted input for this CVE. Exploitation requires compromised administrative credentials in an on-premises VMware-to-Azure environment, and the reported consequence is limited to replication capabilities rather than customer workloads.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-35781
Published
Aug 9, 2022
Updated
May 29, 2025
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Azure Site Recovery
Classifications
CWE-269
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 9, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=9.0 <9.50

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Microsoft · Azure Site Recoveryversion=9.0 <9.50

Published CVSS scores

6.5MicrosoftCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

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Attacks

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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
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

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