CVE-2026-88085
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-88085- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-100617
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2026-100617- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-38j5-w688-fhr3
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges...
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-38j5-w688-fhr3- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-88085- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft sql server 2017 (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2017 for x64-based systems (cu31)
- microsoft sql server 2019 (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2019 for x64-based systems (cu32)
- microsoft sql server 2022 (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2022 for x64-based systems (cu27)
- microsoft sql server 2025 for x64-based systems (cu9)
- microsoft sql server 2025 for x64-based systems (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2017
- microsoft sql server 2019
- microsoft sql server 2022
- microsoft sql server 2025
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| products, references | NVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-88085 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Microsoft Sql Server 2017 (gdr), published October 13, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.