01 Record
CVE-2026-21533
Windows Remote Desktop Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HighKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
02 Description
Windows Remote Desktop Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-02-10. Federal remediation due 2026-03-03.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 4.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-02-10 17:51Z8 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-19 16:25Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 9b3a361ec3a9abc5db93c105c87b3a40ed2a750e34aa619cdb3075642d1dadce
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 21H210.0.19044.0 to < 10.0.19044.693732-bit Systems, ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 22H210.0.19045.0 to < 10.0.19045.693732-bit Systems, ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows 11 Version 24H210.0.26100.0 to < 10.0.26100.7840ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)6.2.9200.0 to < 6.2.9200.25923x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)6.3.9600.0 to < 6.3.9600.23022x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)10.0.14393.0 to < 10.0.14393.8868x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)10.0.17763.0 to < 10.0.17763.8389x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)10.0.25398.0 to < 10.0.25398.2149x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)10.0.26100.0 to < 10.0.26100.32370x64-based Systems
06 References
- msrc.microsoft.comWindows Remote Desktop Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21533
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-21533
- www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-21533-detection-script-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-windows-remote-desktop
- www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-21533-mitigation-script-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-windows-remote-desktop