CVE-2026-50481: Azure Active Directory Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.9)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Patch Tuesday

2026-Aug

Released

2026-08-06

Description

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

Affected Products (1)

Azure

• Azure Active Directory

Acknowledgments

Anonymous

Revision History

• 2026-08-06: Information published.