CVE-2026-50481

Azure Active Directory Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published 6 Aug 2026 • Updated 7 Aug 2026

Severity: CRITICAL

Description

Modification of assumed-immutable data (maid) in Azure Active Directory allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Affected products (1)

• Microsoft Azure Active Directory

Problem types

• CWE-471: Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)

References (1)

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50481