🛡️ CVE-2026-32172 — power-apps

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-32172 is classified as CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element. A writable directory appears in a search path, so a planted file can be loaded in place of the intended one.

Affected software

CVE-2026-32172 is recorded against 1 package.

• power-apps

Timeline and source

Published on 23 April 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

msrc.microsoft.com

Other advisories for this package

power-apps has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-59118 (9.3 Critical, published 7 Aug 2026)
• MAL-2026-4274 (published 24 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-26149 (9.0 Critical, published 14 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-20960 (8.0 High, published 16 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-47733 (9.1 Critical, published 8 May 2025)
• CVE-2023-32052 (5.4 Medium, published 11 Jul 2023)
• CVE-2023-32024 (3.0 Low, published 14 Jun 2023)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element) in other software:

• CVE-2022-24765 (8.0 High, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-13133 (published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-9169 (8.8 High, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-66344 (6.7 Medium, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-18657 (7.8 High, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-18656 (7.8 High, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-9593 (6.7 Medium, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-18718 (7.0 High, published 3 Aug 2026)

Details

Affected Packages

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