Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Impact
Microsoft Power Automate Desktop and Power Automate agent for virtual desktops versions 1.0.0.0 to less than 2.71.115.26224 have a relative path traversal weakness, allowing an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-23.
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Affected products
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Microsoft · microsoft
Power Automate agent for virtual desktops
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Microsoft · microsoft
Power Automate agent for virtual desktops
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affected
1.0.0.0 → before 2.71.115.26224
custom versions
Other versions: unknown
Microsoft · microsoft
Power Automate for Desktop
1 range
Microsoft · microsoft
Power Automate for Desktop
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affected
1.0.0.0 → before 2.71.115.26224
custom versions
Other versions: unknown
Original source description
Relative path traversal in Power Automate allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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Original records
CVE-2026-77897View the latest unmodified CVE JSON from the official source. It may be newer than this imported page.
cve.new JSON →Underlying weaknesses
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Environment requirements
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microsoft · platform conditions
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Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:power_automate_for_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*From (inclusive): 1.0.0.0
Before: 2.71.115.26224
Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:power_automate_agent_for_virtual_desktops:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*From (inclusive): 1.0.0.0
Before: 2.71.115.26224
Original applicability statements
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