MSRC-CVE-2026-55014 — Windows Remote Help Defense Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Summary

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

Details

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the privileges of the compromised user.

Security updates
5.2.1037.0 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/remote-help/?tabs=windows

Vulnerabilities 1

High 7.8

CVE-2026-55014

Windows Remote Help Defense Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Improper access control in Windows Remote Help Defense allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Microsoft Windows Remote Help Windows

Jul 14, 2026

Revision history

2026-07-14 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-55014 Windows Remote Help Defense Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55014
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