Microsoft Azure Managed Grafana: Server-side request forgery leading to privilege escalation
Summary
Azure Managed Grafana, Microsoft's managed observability service, contains a Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability (CWE-918). According to the CVE record, an unauthenticated attacker can exploit it over the network to elevate privileges, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical). No user interaction is required. Only organisations that use Azure Managed Grafana are affected.
Affected
- Microsoft Azure Managed Grafana, from 1.0.0.0 before the fix (per CNA record)
- Fixed build: Unknown.
Fixed in
- Unknown. The fix is reported as part of Microsoft's November 2026 Patch Tuesday; the build number could not be verified.
Workaround
- Unknown. No vendor or third-party mitigation guidance was found.
Exploitation
- Not reported as exploited in the wild for this CVE (Rapid7 rates exploitation as less likely).
- No public proof of concept found.
- CVSS temporal metrics in the CNA record: E:U, RC:C.
Our recommendation
- Check whether any client or internal environment uses Azure Managed Grafana.
- Review the Microsoft Security Update Guide advisory for required customer action and the fixed build.
- Verify that Azure Managed Grafana instances are on the fixed version and restrict network exposure where possible.
- Monitor Azure and Grafana logs for unusual outbound requests from the service.
Information from Microsoft (Patch Tuesday November 2026)
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- CVE Record CVE-2026-114160 www.cve.org
- Microsoft Security Update Guide msrc.microsoft.com
- Rapid7 Patch Tuesday November 2026 www.rapid7.com
- Qualys Patch Tuesday November 2026 Review blog.qualys.com
- Cybersecurity News Patch Tuesday November 2026 cybersecuritynews.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 11 Nov 2026, 01:20.
Original description (NVD)
Server-side request forgery (ssrf) in Azure Managed Grafana allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
NVD references (1)
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
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