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SSRF Elevation of Privilege in Azure MCP Server Tools

IdentifiersCVE-2026-26118CWE-918· Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVE-2026-26118 is a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Azure MCP Server / Azure MCP Server Tools. According to the provided content, an authorized attacker can supply specially crafted input, including a malicious URL or user-controlled parameters to a server tool that accepts such input, causing the MCP server to make an outbound request on the attacker’s behalf. The vulnerable behavior can result in the outbound request carrying the server’s managed identity token, allowing the attacker to capture that token. Microsoft classifies the issue as an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability exploitable over the network. The provided content identifies the weakness as CWE-918 and gives a CVSS v3.1 vector of AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation can expose the Azure MCP Server’s managed identity token to the attacker. With that token, the attacker can act with the permissions assigned to the server’s managed identity, resulting in privilege escalation within the scope of that identity. The provided content indicates high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but also notes that exploitation grants the permissions of the MCP Server’s managed identity rather than unrestricted tenant-wide or global administrator privileges.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by restricting or disabling MCP server tools that accept user-supplied URLs or arbitrary outbound request parameters, limiting outbound network access from the MCP server, and minimizing the privileges assigned to the server’s managed identity. Additional risk reduction includes validating and allowlisting outbound destinations and reviewing where managed identity tokens may be attached to outbound requests. These mitigation measures are inferred from the described exploit path; specific vendor mitigation guidance beyond patching was not provided in the content.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply Microsoft’s March 10, 2026 security update for CVE-2026-26118. The provided advisory content states that affected Azure MCP packages should be upgraded to fixed versions: NuGet Azure.Mcp 1.0.2 or later, NuGet Azure.Mcp 2.0.0-beta.17 or later, PyPI msmcp-azure 2.0.0b17 or later, and npm @azure/mcp 1.0.2 or later or 2.0.0-beta.17 or later.
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Exploits

No valid public exploits. Mallory filtered out 2 candidates as fakes, detection scripts, or README-only repos.

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Affected products & vendors

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Microsoft CorporationAzure Mcp Serverapplication
Microsoft CorporationAzure Mcp Server Toolsapplication
Microsoft CorporationAzure Mcp Server Tools 1application
Microsoft CorporationAzure Mcp Server Tools 2application

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