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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 17:05 – Updated: 2026-07-14 19:37

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

microsoft

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi…	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

9 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Go	Affected: -
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Hub	Affected: -
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Laptop Go	Affected: -
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3	Affected: -
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Pro	Affected: -
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Pro 8	Affected: -
Microsoft	Surface Laptop 4 with AMD Processor	Affected: -
Microsoft	Surface Laptop 4 with Intel Processor	Affected: -
Microsoft	Surface Windows Dev Kit	Affected: -

Date Public

2026-07-14 14:00

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FKIE_CVE-2026-48581

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-14 17:16 - Updated: 2026-07-14 20:34

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Surface allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

References

	URL	Tags
	secure@microsoft.com	https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48581

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-59XF-77X2-PV8F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-14 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-14 18:31

Details

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

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MSRC_CVE-2026-48581

Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2026-07-14 07:00 - Updated: 2026-07-14 07:00

Summary

Surface Broker SDMA Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity

Important

Notes

Additional Resources: To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

Disclaimer: The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided \"as is\" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.

Customer Action: Required. The vulnerability documented by this CVE requires customer action to resolve.

CVE-2026-48581

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

CWE-1220 - Insufficient Granularity of Access Control

Affected products

Fixed 13 products

Product	Identifier	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: 11739		—
Unresolved product id: 12482		—
Unresolved product id: 12483		—
Unresolved product id: 12484		—
Unresolved product id: 12485		—
Unresolved product id: 12487		—
Unresolved product id: 12488		—
Unresolved product id: 12489		—
Unresolved product id: 12490		—
Unresolved product id: 12491		—
Unresolved product id: 12492		—
Unresolved product id: 12494		—
Unresolved product id: 12495		—

Known affected 13 products

Product	Identifier	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: 1		—
Unresolved product id: 2		—
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Threats

Impact Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:No;Latest Software Release:Exploitation Less Likely

References

7 references

URL	Category
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi…	self
https://msrc.microsoft.com/csaf/advisories/2026/m…	self
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitabili…	external
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle	external
https://www.first.org/cvss	external
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi…	self
https://msrc.microsoft.com/csaf/advisories/2026/m…	self

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://x.com/yeahbutnahbut">JC</a> with <a href="https://splinters.io/">Splinters.io</a>

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

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

FKIE_CVE-2026-48581

GHSA-59XF-77X2-PV8F

MSRC_CVE-2026-48581

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