Microsoft has indicated that no customer action is required, as the vulnerability has been addressed on the service side. Organizations should continue to monitor Microsoft's official security advisories for any updates or additional recommendations. It is also advisable to review identity and access management configurations for any unusual activity, given the active exploitation.
Quick answers
What is CVE-2026-69836?
Microsoft has indicated that no customer action is required, as the vulnerability has been addressed on the service side. Organizations should continue to monitor Microsoft's official security advisories for any updates or additional recommendations. It is also advisable to review identity and access management configurations for any unusual activity, given the active exploitation.
How severe is CVE-2026-69836?
critical, CVSS 10
Is CVE-2026-69836 known to be exploited?
It is not marked known-exploited in this record.
How should CVE-2026-69836 be mitigated?
Microsoft has indicated that no customer action is required, as the vulnerability has been addressed on the service side. Organizations should continue to monitor Microsoft's official security advisories for any updates or additional recommendations. It is also advisable to review identity and access management configurations for any unusual activity, given the active exploitation.
CVSS
10
Vendor
Microsoft
Published
Sep 30, 2026 · 08:05
Patch
Unknown / not confirmed
Affected products
Entra ID
Mitigation
Microsoft has indicated that no customer action is required, as the vulnerability has been addressed on the service side. Organizations should continue to monitor Microsoft's official security advisories for any updates or additional recommendations. It is also advisable to review identity and access management configurations for any unusual activity, given the active exploitation.
Microsoft has disclosed a maximum-severity remote code execution vulnerability in its cloud-based identity service, Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), tracked as CVE-2026-69836 with a CVSS score of 10.0. The company confirmed that the flaw has been exploited in the wild, but stated that no customer action is required, indicating the issue has been mitigated at the service level.
