CVE-2026-21226
Aliases:GHSA-jm66-cg57-jjv5PYSEC-2026-1208
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Analyzed
Published: 13 Jan 2026, 18:04
Last modified:01 Apr 2026, 13:49
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100 CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.78% LOW
1% probability -0.92%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
13 Jan 2026, 18:04
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
01 Apr 2026, 13:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
Deserialization of untrusted data in Azure Core shared client library for Python allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.78%• Percentile: 51%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-502•Deserialization of Untrusted Data
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.
Affected Systems
- microsoft•azure_core_shared_client_library
≥ 1.1.0, < 1.38.0
- microsoft•azure core shared client library for python
≥ 1.1.0, < 1.38.0
- microsoft•azure_sdk_for_python
≥ 1.1.0, ≤ 1.38.0
- PyPI•azure-core
< 1.38.0
References (6)
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21226
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21226
- https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python
- https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/6d2e6431ea0991861640e449e51e894247a7771a/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md#1380-2026-01-12
- https://pypi.org/project/azure-core
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jm66-cg57-jjv5