CVE-2026-35438

FAUCET Score

Missing authorization in Windows Admin Center allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

First published: May 12, 2026Last modified: May 12, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 2511CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_admin_center::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

5.5

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.56%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

43.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Admin CenterFixed in: 2.6.5.16

View patch

microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-May/CVE-2026-35438Important

Windows Admin Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

May 12, 2026

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-35438

Vendor Advisory