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CVE-2026-77897: Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-08 · updated 2026-10-31
- Weakness: CWE-23
Description
Relative path traversal in Power Automate allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected products
- Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop: before 2.71.115.26224 — fixed in 2.71.115.26224
- Microsoft Power Automate agent for virtual desktops: from 1.0.0.0 before 2.71.115.26224 — fixed in 2.71.115.26224
- Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop: from 1.0.0.0 before 2.71.115.26224 — fixed in 2.71.115.26224
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop 2.71.115.26224; Microsoft Power Automate agent for virtual desktops 2.71.115.26224; Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop 2.71.115.26224. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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