Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is adjacent (AV:A). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
This vulnerability's attack is limited at the protocol level to a logically adjacent topology. This means it cannot simply be done across the internet, but instead needs something specific tied to the target. Good examples would include the same shared physical network (such as Bluetooth or IEEE 802.11), logical network (local IP subnet), or from within a secure or otherwise limited administrative domain (MPLS, secure VPN to an administrative network zone). This is common to many attacks that require machine-in-the-middle (MITM) type setups or that rely on initially gaining a foothold in another environment.
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?
To trigger this vulnerability, a user must actively connect to the affected server and run a specific command. The vulnerability cannot be triggered automatically or in the background; it only occurs when a user intentionally interacts with the server using this command.
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
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
10.0.14393.9339 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099535
6.2.9200.26226 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099445
6.3.9600.23291 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099444
10.0.28000.2525 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101649
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.0
Remote Access Management service/API (RPC server) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper authentication in Windows RPC API allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over an adjacent network.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-50365 Remote Access Management service/API (RPC server) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50365
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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