About this tag
The cve 2026 56169 tag tracks Microsoft’s high-severity vulnerability in Windows Admin Center. The flaw can allow an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges across a network, but it does not offer an unauthenticated entry path. Microsoft classifies the issue as an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability caused by improper authentication, with CWE-287 and a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1. This archive focuses on the gateway as the patch target and the recommended remediation: upgrading affected Windows Admin Center installations to version 2.7.4. The issue was detailed in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide on July 14, 2026, making version awareness important for administrators.
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    CVE-2026-56169: Upgrade Windows Admin Center to 2.7.4

    Microsoft has fixed CVE-2026-56169, a high-severity Windows Admin Center vulnerability that can let an authenticated attacker elevate privileges across a network. Administrators running any affected release earlier than Windows Admin Center 2.7.4 should treat the gateway itself as the patch...