CVE-2026-24303: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Microsoft Partner Center
Improper access control in Microsoft Partner Center allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), affects Microsoft Partner Center and enables an authorized attacker to escalate privileges remotely over a network. The CVSS v3.1 score of 9.6 reflects the critical nature of the flaw, with low attack complexity, no user interaction required, and a scope change. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authorized attacker to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining higher access rights than intended. This compromises confidentiality and integrity of the affected system or data. There is no impact on availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the patch provided in the Microsoft security update guide for CVE-2026-24303 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-24303: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Microsoft Partner Center
Description
Improper access control in Microsoft Partner Center allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Microsoft
Microsoft Partner Center
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), affects Microsoft Partner Center and enables an authorized attacker to escalate privileges remotely over a network. The CVSS v3.1 score of 9.6 reflects the critical nature of the flaw, with low attack complexity, no user interaction required, and a scope change. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authorized attacker to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining higher access rights than intended. This compromises confidentiality and integrity of the affected system or data. There is no impact on availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the patch provided in the Microsoft security update guide for CVE-2026-24303 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-21T21:28:02.969Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24303","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69ea97db87115cfb68681ba1
Added to database: 04/23/2026, 22:06:19 UTC
Last enriched: 08/15/2026, 13:54:22 UTC
Last updated: 09/14/2026, 22:01:32 UTC
Views: 109
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