Privilege escalation via undisclosed access-control flaw
Published Aug 8, 2023 · Updated Aug 10, 2026
Improper access control in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central before 22.0.59520 allows remote authenticated administrators to elevate privileges. Microsoft has not published the affected component or the access-control operation that mishandles an administrator's request. Exploitation requires high privileges and compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the affected deployment.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central before 22.0.59520 allows remote authenticated administrators to elevate privileges. Microsoft has not published the affected component or the access-control operation that mishandles an administrator's request. Exploitation requires high privileges and compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the affected deployment.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-38167
- Published
- Aug 8, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Classifications
- CWE-284, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 8, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=22.0.0 <22.0.59520
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