CVE-2026-55001

Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Jul 14, 2026
Updated: Nov 1, 2026
Reserved: Jun 16, 2026

Description

Improper certificate validation in Windows Active Directory allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft

Weaknesses

CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft	10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.9339Affected
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.9020Affected
Windows Server 2016Microsoft	10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.9339Affected
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.9339Affected
Windows Server 2019Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.9020Affected
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.9020Affected
Windows Server 2022Microsoft	10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.5386Affected
Windows Server 2025Microsoft	10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.33158Affected
Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.33158Affected

References

Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityvendor-advisorypatch

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