High MSRC-CVE-2026-49800 1 CVE

Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Sep 30, 2026 · Revision 2

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

Security updates
10.0.17763.9020 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099538
10.0.20348.5386 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099540
10.0.19044.7548 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099539
10.0.26100.33158 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099536
10.0.26200.8875 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101650
10.0.28000.2525 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101649

Vulnerabilities 1

High 7.8

CVE-2026-49800

Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Windows 10 Version 1809 Windows

Jul 14, 2026

Revision history

2026-09-30 #2
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
2026-07-14 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-49800 Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49800
Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss