Sep 2026: Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-77897 Published on September 8, 2026

Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Relative path traversal in Power Automate allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Weakness Type

Relative Path Traversal

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This allows attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-77897

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Affected Versions

Microsoft Power Automate agent for virtual desktops: Microsoft Power Automate for Desktop: