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CVE-2023-38176

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38176 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Azure Arc-Enabled Servers. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a mention in Microsoft's August 2023 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.33.02399.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_arc-enabled_servers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0.0.0, < 1.33.02399.0CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_arc-enabled_servers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 1,525 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Arc-Enabled ServersFixed in: 1.33.02399.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2023-38176Important

Azure Arc-Enabled Servers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Aug 8, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38176
PatchVendor Advisory