Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published September 8, 2026Updated September 8, 2026
Source data
Overview
Relative path traversal in Power Automate allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Impact & technical details
Elevation of Privilege
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.
What action should customers take to address this vulnerability? Customers should update Power Automate for desktop to the latest available version. Customers who have the Power Automate agent for virtual desktops installed on Citrix or another machine must also update that agent to version 2.71.115.26224 or later.
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
- CVSS base score
- 7.0 / 10
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Highest base score supplied by MSRC for this record; the vector belongs to that score. Ratings can vary by product. Microsoft Important is displayed as High; Moderate is displayed as Medium.
Affected products
- Power Automate agent for virtual desktops
- Power Automate for Desktop
Source guidance
Remediation
- Release Notes
At least one Microsoft vendor-fix reference is available. Check each affected product for its applicable update, prerequisites, and supported version.
GTP recommendation · Rule-based guidance
Recommended next step
Review affected Microsoft products and apply the applicable security updates through your organization's normal patch-management process. Confirm availability and prerequisites in the Microsoft advisory.
Authoritative sources & updates
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