CVE-2026-48581: CWE-1220: Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in Microsoft Microsoft Surface Go
Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Surface allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-1220, concerns insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Surface Go. It enables an attacker with existing local authorization to escalate privileges on the device. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this vulnerability, as detailed in their security advisory.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise including unauthorized access to sensitive data, modification of system settings, and disruption of system availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the available security update promptly by following guidance in the Microsoft security advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48581.
CVE-2026-48581: CWE-1220: Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in Microsoft Microsoft Surface Go
Description
Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Surface allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-1220, concerns insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Surface Go. It enables an attacker with existing local authorization to escalate privileges on the device. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this vulnerability, as detailed in their security advisory.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise including unauthorized access to sensitive data, modification of system settings, and disruption of system availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the available security update promptly by following guidance in the Microsoft security advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48581.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-21T20:00:35.246Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48581","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a566f6a68715ace43e6b3a5
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 17:18:34 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 14:19:26 UTC
Last updated: 08/28/2026, 22:52:11 UTC
Views: 68
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