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CVE-2022-26938

Storage Spaces Direct Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

7.0 High

Storage Spaces Direct Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.71%Down 0.2 points since May 11, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.0

Storage Spaces Direct Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Storage Spaces Direct Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
CVE-2022-26938
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-31483 7.0

Storage Spaces Direct Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
EUVD-2022-31483
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9jhm-23m7-2925 7.0

Storage Spaces Direct Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2022...

Storage Spaces Direct Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2022-26932, CVE-2022-26939.

Record
GHSA-9jhm-23m7-2925
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.0

Storage Spaces Direct Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record
CVE-2022-26938
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.4 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-26938 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Microsoft Windows Server 2016, published May 10, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.71%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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