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CVE-2026-56155

Active Directory Federation Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 10.0.14393.9339, 10.0.17763.9020, 6.2.9200.26226, 6.3.9600.23291, 10.0.20348.5386, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: active
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), a Microsoft Windows Server identity component, is affected by this flaw. An authorized attacker with local access could exploit weak access controls to gain higher privileges on the system.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

Read the original description

Insufficient granularity of access control in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  2. CVE published
  3. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  4. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  5. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607

    From 10.0.14393.0 · fixed in 10.0.14393.9339

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

    From 10.0.17763.0 · fixed in 10.0.17763.9020

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012

    From 6.2.9200.0 · fixed in 6.2.9200.26226

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)

    From 6.2.9200.0 · fixed in 6.2.9200.26226

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

    From 6.3.9600.0 · fixed in 6.3.9600.23291

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

    From 6.3.9600.0 · fixed in 6.3.9600.23291

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016

    From 10.0.14393.0 · fixed in 10.0.14393.9339

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.14393.0 · fixed in 10.0.14393.9339

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019

    From 10.0.17763.0 · fixed in 10.0.17763.9020

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.17763.0 · fixed in 10.0.17763.9020

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022

    From 10.0.20348.0 · fixed in 10.0.20348.5386

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2025

    From 10.0.26100.0 · fixed in 10.0.26100.33158

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.26100.0 · fixed in 10.0.26100.33158

References 1

msrc.microsoft.com