# CVE-2025-47989: Improper access control in Azure Connected Machine Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-47989-improper-access-control-in-azure-connected-machine-agent-allows  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-10-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-47989 · Severity: high · CVSS 7 · Published 2025-10-14

Improper access control in Azure Connected Machine Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Technologies: [Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/azure-connected-machine-agent). Vendors: [Microsoft](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/microsoft).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-47989 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-47989 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-47989?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7, published 14 October 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-47989?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-47989?** Check whether you run Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent

## Related threats

- [Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent privilege escalation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-40381-microsoft-azure-connected-machine-agent-privilege-escalation)
- [Improper access control in Azure Connected Machine Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-58724-improper-access-control-in-azure-connected-machine-agent-allows)