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CVE-2026-49163: Application Insights Profiler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-06 · updated 2026-10-30
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Application Insights Profiler allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Affected products

• Microsoft Application Insights Profiler: all versions
• Microsoft Application Insights Profiler: all versions

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49163

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