CVE-2026-56169Important
Windows Admin Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Assessment
Improper authentication in Windows Admin Center allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Severity
- Important
- CVSS base score
- 8.1CVSS:3.1/
AV:N/ AC:L/ PR:L/ UI:N/ S:U/ C:H/ I:H/ A:N/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.7%Higher than 53% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 26 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Less Likely
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Component
- Windows Admin Center
- Weakness
- CWE-287: Improper Authentication
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 14 Jul 2026 · July 2026
- Last revised
- 14 Jul 2026
Updates that fix it
0 KBsNo 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
Windows1 affected product
- Windows Admin Center