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CVE-2026-35438Important

Windows Admin Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

MSRC advisory NVD CVE.org

Assessment

Missing authorization in Windows Admin Center allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Severity
Important
CVSS base score
8.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
EPSS, next 30 days
0.6%Higher than 48% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 29 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
Public exploit code
No Nuclei template lists it
Exploitability
Exploitation Less Likely
Publicly disclosed
No
Customer action
Required: apply the update
Component
Windows Admin Center
Weakness
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Issued by
Microsoft
Published
12 May 2026 · May 2026
Last revised
12 May 2026

Updates that fix it

0 KBs

No KB listed

MSRC lists no downloadable update, which usually means a service-side fix or a release-notes update. Check the MSRC advisory.

Affected products

Windows
1 affected product
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