CVE-2024-49056Network attack vector

Privilege escalation via trusted attacker-controlled authentication data

Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Jul 8, 2025

Authentication bypass in Microsoft Airlift.microsoft.com allows remote authenticated users to elevate privileges over a network. The service treats attacker-controllable authentication data as immutable when making an access-control decision, but Microsoft has not identified the affected field or code path. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged access and user interaction; the reported consequence is elevated access affecting confidentiality and integrity, not service availability.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability1.02%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Authentication bypass in Microsoft Airlift.microsoft.com allows remote authenticated users to elevate privileges over a network. The service treats attacker-controllable authentication data as immutable when making an access-control decision, but Microsoft has not identified the affected field or code path. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged access and user interaction; the reported consequence is elevated access affecting confidentiality and integrity, not service availability.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-49056
Published
Nov 12, 2024
Updated
Jul 8, 2025
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Airlift.microsoft.com
Classifications
CWE-302, T1078.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 12, 2024CVE 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=N/A

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · Airlift.microsoft.comversion=N/A

Published CVSS scores

7.3MicrosoftCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
8.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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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

CWE-302Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data
T1078.004Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts

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