CVE-2026-69821Important
Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Assessment
Improper encoding or escaping of output in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Severity
- Important
- CVSS base score
- 7.8CVSS:3.1/
AV:L/ AC:L/ PR:L/ UI:N/ S:U/ C:H/ I:H/ A:H/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.3%Higher than 24.1% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 26 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Unlikely
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Component
- Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
- Weakness
- CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 8 Sep 2026 · September 2026
- Last revised
- 8 Sep 2026
Updates that fix it
6 KBs| KB | Type | Restart | Applies to | Other CVEs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KB5122871 | Security Update | Required | Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) | All CVEs in KB5122871 |
| KB5122876 | Security Update | Required | Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Windows Server 2019 and 1 more | All CVEs in KB5122876 |
| KB5122882 | Security Update | Required | Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation) | All CVEs in KB5122882 |
| KB5123065 | Monthly Rollup | Required | Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) | All CVEs in KB5123065 |
| KB5123066 | Monthly Rollup | Required | Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) | All CVEs in KB5123066 |
| KB5123099 | Security Update | Required | Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Windows Server 2016 and 1 more | All CVEs in KB5123099 |
Affected products
ESU, Windows16 affected products
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)