Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Azure Core, the shared client library for Python, is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data in versions before 1.38.0. An authorized attacker over a network can exploit this to execute code. Upgrade azure-core to version 1.38.0 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C | CNA (microsoft) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0095, the 61st percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-jm66-cg57-jjv5
- OSV: GHSA-jm66-cg57-jjv5
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21226
- github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python
- github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/6d2e6431ea0991861640e449e51e894247a7771a/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md#1380-2026-01-12
- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21226