CVE-2022-44699 (GCVE-0-2022-44699)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-22 17:49
VLAI
Title
Azure Network Watcher Agent Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Summary
Azure Network Watcher Agent Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Security Feature Bypass
Assigner
microsoft CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 2679 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Affected: 1.0.0.0 , < 1.4.2412.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_network_watcher_agent:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
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Date Public
2022-12-13 08:00
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