Authenticated privilege escalation over network
Published Aug 6, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026
Privilege escalation in Microsoft Entra ID allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges over a network. Microsoft's CNA record and MSRC advisory disclose only a CWE-471 MAID flaw, indicating that trusted identity or authorization state can be modified after the service treats it as immutable, but they do not identify the affected component, field, or request path. Reachability requires a valid account in the hosted identity service; published records do not show user interaction, tenant-to-tenant scope, or public exploitation, so triage depends on exposure to Entra-backed privileged roles and workflows.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Microsoft Entra ID allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges over a network. Microsoft's CNA record and MSRC advisory disclose only a CWE-471 MAID flaw, indicating that trusted identity or authorization state can be modified after the service treats it as immutable, but they do not identify the affected component, field, or request path. Reachability requires a valid account in the hosted identity service; published records do not show user interaction, tenant-to-tenant scope, or public exploitation, so triage depends on exposure to Entra-backed privileged roles and workflows.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-50481
- Published
- Aug 6, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-471
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 6, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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