Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Unlikely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that the target system be set up in a specific manner and the attacker to have knowledge of that setup.
Security updates
10.0.28000.1836 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5083768
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.0
Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use after free in Windows Server Update Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-32224 Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32224
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss