Assessment
Why it matters
CISA lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited; exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 99.9%; technical severity is CVSS 9.8.
Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Who should care
- Teams operating Azure Automation State Configuration, Azure Automation Update Management, Azure Diagnostics (lad) +8 more
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether Azure Automation State Configuration, Azure Automation Update Management, Azure Diagnostics (lad) +8 more is present in the environment.
- Identify affected versions and establish whether vulnerable services are exposed or reachable.
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Review relevant security telemetry for evidence of attempted or successful exploitation.
- Document the remediation decision and track it to verified completion.
Vendor remediation
Patch and remediation links
Use the vendor source below to confirm the correct fixed version, package or mitigation for your affected product.
Technical details
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-1390
- Affected versions
- Microsoft Azure Automation State Configuration (Version: -); Microsoft Azure Automation Update Management (Version: -); Microsoft Azure Diagnostics (lad) (Version: -); Microsoft Azure Security Center (Version: -); Microsoft Azure Sentinel (Version: -); Microsoft Azure Stack Hub (Version: -); Microsoft Container Monitoring Solution (Version: -); Microsoft Log Analytics Agent (Version: -)
- Published
- 15 September 2021
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Latest EPSS score: 99.9%
- Signal calculated at 88