CVE-2026-48581 (GCVE-0-2026-48581)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 17:05 – Updated: 2026-07-15 21:10
VLAI
Title
Surface Broker SDMA Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Surface allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1220 - Insufficient Granularity of Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-07-14 14:00
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