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CVE-2026-77897 Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates

Relative path traversal in Power Automate may allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Products
Microsoft Power Automate Desktop
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-77897
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 17:22 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-77897 Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

official-microsoft-security-updates · Original source

Published 8 Sept 2026, 14:00 UTC

Relative path traversal in Power Automate may allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Relative path traversal in Power Automate allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Microsoft Power Automate Desktop

Fixed versions: Not specified

Prerequisites: authorized attacker

Complete source record
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