Microsoft: Critical Windows Admin Center Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation

A high-severity Windows Admin Center vulnerability (CVE-2026-26119) could allow privilege escalation in enterprise ...
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Microsoft Patches CVE-2026-26119 Privilege Escalation in Windows Admin Center

Microsoft fixes CVE-2026-26119, an 8.8 CVSS privilege escalation bug in Windows Admin Center that could allow network-based user rights takeover.
ZDNet

Microsoft: Here's how to defend Windows against these new privilege escalation attacks

Microsoft has detailed how Windows customers can defend themselves from automated 'Kerberos Relay' attacks that can give an attacker System privileges on a Windows machine. Microsoft has responded to ...
TechRepublic

New Splunk Windows Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation Attacks

Splunk for Windows has a high-severity flaw that lets local users escalate privileges through misconfigured file permissions. Learn how to fix it. Image generated by Google’s Nano Banana A newly ...
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Privilege escalation explained: Why these flaws are so valuable to hackers

Privilege escalation vulnerabilities are security issues that allow users to gain more permissions and a higher level of access to systems or applications than their administrators intended. These ...