Privilege Escalation
The latest Privilege Escalation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Forshaw reveals Windows 11 24H2 admin bypass patched by Microsoft in November 2024
Google Project Zero researcher James Forshaw has revealed a sophisticated privilege escalation chain that could have bypassed Microsoft's Administrator Protection model, a critical security feature...
Azure Logic Apps CVE-2026-21227: Microsoft Auto-Fixes Deployed, Extra Security Steps Urged
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Azure Logic Apps, designated CVE-2026-21227, has raised significant concerns among cloud security professionals and enterprise administrators. This critical...
CVE-2026-24304: Analyzing Azure Resource Manager's Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft's disclosure of CVE-2026-24304 has sent ripples through the cloud security community, revealing a critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Azure Resource Manager (ARM) that security...
Weintek cMT X EasyWeb Vulnerabilities Expose Critical Industrial Systems to Attack
Industrial control systems worldwide face heightened risk following the disclosure of two critical vulnerabilities in Weintek's cMT X Series Human-Machine Interface (HMI) devices. The coordinated...
CVE-2025-13905: Critical Privilege Escalation Flaw in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Process Expert
A critical security vulnerability has been identified in Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Process Expert, a widely used industrial control system (ICS) software platform. Designated as...
CVE-2026-20941: Critical Windows Task Host Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Requires Immediate Patching
Microsoft has disclosed a critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Host Process for Windows Tasks (taskhostw.exe/taskhostex.exe) that allows authenticated local attackers to gain...
Patch Now: Windows Telephony Service Vulnerability Grants Attackers SYSTEM Access
Microsoft has acknowledged a newly classified elevation of privilege vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20931, affecting the Windows Telephony Service. The flaw, patched in the January 2026 security...
January 2026 Patch Tuesday Seals a Critical Windows Management Privilege Escalation Hole
Microsoft has released patches for a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows Management Services that could allow attackers with limited access to seize complete SYSTEM control. The flaw,...
Azure Arc Agent Flaw CVE-2026-21224 Lets Attackers Escalate to SYSTEM and Hijack Cloud Identities
Microsoft has published a high-confidence advisory for a new elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Azure Connected Machine agent, the software that links on-premises and hybrid servers to Azure...
New camsvc Race Condition CVE Surfaces, but Microsoft Keeps Details Locked
Microsoft has quietly assigned CVE-2026-21221 to a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Capability Access Management Service (camsvc), but anyone looking for technical meat will come...
Windows SMB Server Race Condition Bug Grants Attackers SYSTEM Privileges — Patch Now
Microsoft’s January 2026 Patch Tuesday includes a fix for CVE-2026-20921, a race condition vulnerability in the Windows SMB Server that could allow an attacker with low-level network access to...
CVE-2026-20923: Microsoft Confirms Elevation-of-Privilege Flaw in Windows Management Services
Microsoft’s Security Update Guide now lists a fresh elevation-of-privilege vulnerability—CVE-2026-20923—inside Windows Management Services (WMS), a component that sits at the nerve center of...