CVE-2024-29990: Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Confidential Container Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Confidential Container Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Confidential Containers: before 0.3.4 — fixed in 0.3.4
Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service: from 1.0.0 before 0.3.4 — fixed in 0.3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Confidential Containers 0.3.4; Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service 0.3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29990
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29990

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