Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2)

CVE-2026-50364

HIGH 7.3

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.47 % · percentile 41 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-07-14 17:06 UTC
Updated: 2026-11-01 17:33 UTC
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Analyzed

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Description

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows Server Backup allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50364

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-43847
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-50364

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-0869 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.19044.7548
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.19044.7548
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* < 10.0.19044.7548
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.19045.7548
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.19045.7548
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* < 10.0.19045.7548
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.26100.8875
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26100.8875
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.26200.8875
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26200.8875
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.28000.2269
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.28000.2525

Affected products

Product	Versions
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2	affected 10.0.19044.0 < 10.0.19044.7548
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2	affected 10.0.19045.0 < 10.0.19045.7548
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2	affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.8875
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 25H2	affected 10.0.26200.0 < 10.0.26200.8875
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 26H1	affected 10.0.28000.0 < 10.0.28000.2525

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD