CVE-2026-41086: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Windows Admin Center in Azure Portal
Improper access control in Windows Admin Center allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-41086 and classified under CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), affects Microsoft Windows Admin Center in the Azure Portal. It enables an authorized attacker to elevate privileges remotely over a network. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is present in version 1.0 of the product. Microsoft manages remediation for this cloud service and has issued an official fix as detailed in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An authorized attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. This could allow unauthorized actions within the Windows Admin Center environment hosted in Azure Portal.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Since this is a cloud-hosted service, Microsoft manages the remediation server-side. Users should ensure their Windows Admin Center in Azure Portal instances are updated according to Microsoft's guidance available at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41086.
CVE-2026-41086: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Windows Admin Center in Azure Portal
Description
Improper access control in Windows Admin Center allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Microsoft
Windows Admin Center in Azure Portal
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-41086 and classified under CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), affects Microsoft Windows Admin Center in the Azure Portal. It enables an authorized attacker to elevate privileges remotely over a network. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is present in version 1.0 of the product. Microsoft manages remediation for this cloud service and has issued an official fix as detailed in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An authorized attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. This could allow unauthorized actions within the Windows Admin Center environment hosted in Azure Portal.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Since this is a cloud-hosted service, Microsoft manages the remediation server-side. Users should ensure their Windows Admin Center in Azure Portal instances are updated according to Microsoft's guidance available at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41086.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-16T19:12:36.194Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Is Cloud Service
- true
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41086","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a03655bcbff5d861008cb01
Added to database: 05/12/2026, 17:37:31 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 16:50:29 UTC
Last updated: 09/14/2026, 22:01:34 UTC
Views: 83
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