VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-48581
Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Surface allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.30%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Surface allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 22th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1220
- Affected
- microsoft/surface go 2 1901 firmware · microsoft/surface go 2 1926 firmware · microsoft/surface go 2 1927 firmware · microsoft/surface go 3 1901 firmware · microsoft/surface go 3 1926 firmware · microsoft/surface go 3 2022 firmware · microsoft/surface hub firmware · microsoft/surface hub 2s firmware · microsoft/surface hub 2s 85 firmware · microsoft/surface hub 3 50 firmware · microsoft/surface hub 3 85 firmware · microsoft/surface laptop go 1943 firmware · microsoft/surface laptop go 2 2013 firmware · microsoft/surface laptop go 3 2013 firmware · microsoft/surface pro 7\+ 1960 firmware · microsoft/surface pro 7\+ with lte advanced 1961 firmware · microsoft/surface pro 8 1983 firmware · microsoft/surface pro 8 for business 1983 firmware · microsoft/surface pro 8 for business with lte advanced 1982 firmware · microsoft/surface laptop 4 1979 firmware · +7 more
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.