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CWE-285

Improper Authorization

979 CVEs Avg CVSS 6.5 MITRE
108
CRITICAL
326
HIGH
436
MEDIUM
107
LOW
198
POC
1
KEV

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CVE-2026-58540 HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Installer (msiexec/MSI service) lets an already-authenticated low-privilege user elevate to SYSTEM by abusing an improper authorization check (CWE-285). Affected platforms span Windows 10 (1607 through 22H2), Windows 11 (24H2/25H2/26H1), and Windows Server 2012 through 2025, including Server Core installations. Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, so risk is currently potential rather than confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.

Authentication Bypass Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 Windows 10 Version 1809 Windows 10 Version 21H2 +15
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2026-58277 HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Privilege elevation in Microsoft SharePoint Server (Enterprise Server 2016 and Server 2019) allows an authenticated network attacker to abuse an improper authorization check to gain higher privileges within the SharePoint environment. The flaw is tagged as an authentication bypass and carries a CVSS 8.8, reflecting high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability from a low-privileged starting point. Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing.

Authentication Bypass Microsoft Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server 2016 Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2019
NVD
CVSS 3.1
8.8
EPSS
0.8%
CVE-2026-54121 HIGH PATCH NEWS Exploit Unlikely This Week

Privilege escalation in Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authenticated network attacker to elevate privileges due to improper authorization (CWE-285) in certificate request/enrollment handling across Windows Server 2012 through 2025 and their Server Core installations. With a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) and full high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, a low-privileged domain user can abuse AD CS authorization checks to gain elevated rights, potentially up to domain compromise. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but AD CS abuse (ESC-class attacks) is a well-established, high-value target class.

Authentication Bypass Windows 10 Version 1607 Windows 10 Version 1809 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 Server Core Installation +9
NVD
CVSS 3.1
8.8
EPSS
0.8%
CVE-2026-50344 HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) component allows an already-authenticated, low-privileged user on affected Windows and Windows Server builds to elevate to higher privileges through an improper authorization check (CWE-285). Microsoft has released a patch, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. Impact is high across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though exploitation requires prior local code execution.

Authentication Bypass Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 Windows 10 Version 1809 Windows 10 Version 21H2 +15
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2026-50346 HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows RPC Runtime lets an already-authenticated low-privileged user gain SYSTEM-level control due to improper authorization (CWE-285). Affecting a broad range of Windows client and server releases from Windows Server 2012 through Windows 11 26H1 and Server 2025, the flaw carries CVSS 7.8 with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Reported by Microsoft with a patch available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Authentication Bypass Windows 10 Version 1607 Windows 10 Version 1809 Windows 10 Version 21H2 Windows 10 Version 22H2 +14
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2026-58631 HIGH PATCH Exploit Likely This Week

Local privilege-to-code-execution in Microsoft Windows Admin Center lets an already-authenticated, lower-privileged user abuse an improper authorization check (CWE-285) to run arbitrary code on the host where the management tool is installed. Rated CVSS 7.8 with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, it requires local access and existing low-level privileges rather than remote unauthenticated reach. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but Microsoft has released a fix via the MSRC update guide.

Authentication Bypass Microsoft Windows Admin Center
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2026-52826 PHP MEDIUM PATCH GHSA This Month

Cross-scope billing rate manipulation in Kimai 2.56.0 allows authenticated users with edit access to any single project, customer, or activity to tamper with rate configurations belonging to entirely different organizational units they are not authorized to access. The root cause is missing parent-child consistency validation in three Web admin rate-editing endpoints, where the controller validates the authenticated user's access to the parent object but never verifies that the child rate record actually belongs to that same parent. A PoC was privately submitted and subsequently removed from the advisory before public disclosure; no public exploit code is circulating and no CISA KEV active-exploitation listing exists at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
CVE-2026-52825 PHP MEDIUM PATCH GHSA This Month

Improper authorization in Kimai's Team API endpoints allows an authenticated Teamlead to add users and activities to their team that fall outside their intended management scope, bypassing the access boundaries enforced by the frontend. Affected versions are Kimai <= 2.57.0 (composer package kimai/kimai). A proof-of-concept was reportedly created but withheld; no public exploit code is currently available and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV. Once a Teamlead writes an out-of-scope team relation, downstream authorization logic may treat those relations as legitimate, silently expanding access to time entries, project visibility, and reporting for the affected users and activities.

PHP Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
CVE-2026-52822 PHP MEDIUM PATCH GHSA This Month

Permission revocation bypass in Kimai's timesheet restart and duplicate workflows allows authenticated users to create new database-persisted time entries under projects they no longer have access to. Affecting Kimai up to and including version 2.57.0, the flaw exists because `TimesheetVoter.php` evaluates the `*_own_timesheet` ownership branch before team-based access checks, meaning a historical timesheet entry acts as a durable capability token that survives administrative revocation. No public exploit is available - a PoC was reportedly submitted to the project and then redacted - and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV.

PHP Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
CVE-2026-15594 LOW POC Monitor

Improper authorization in waoowaoo (versions up to 0.4.1) allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to bypass access controls on media resources by manipulating the storageKey argument passed to the stablePublicIdFromStorageKey function in the Media Handler component. The impact is limited to partial confidentiality disclosure (VC:L in CVSS 4.0), with no integrity or availability consequence. No vendor patch has been issued as of analysis time; a public exploit exists via a GitHub issue report (POC), though high attack complexity (AC:H) constrains opportunistic exploitation. This vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Authentication Bypass Waoowaoo
NVD VulDB GitHub
CVSS 4.0
2.9
EPSS
0.3%
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Installer (msiexec/MSI service) lets an already-authenticated low-privilege user elevate to SYSTEM by abusing an improper authorization check (CWE-285). Affected platforms span Windows 10 (1607 through 22H2), Windows 11 (24H2/25H2/26H1), and Windows Server 2012 through 2025, including Server Core installations. Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, so risk is currently potential rather than confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.

Authentication Bypass Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 +17
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Privilege elevation in Microsoft SharePoint Server (Enterprise Server 2016 and Server 2019) allows an authenticated network attacker to abuse an improper authorization check to gain higher privileges within the SharePoint environment. The flaw is tagged as an authentication bypass and carries a CVSS 8.8, reflecting high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability from a low-privileged starting point. Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing.

Authentication Bypass Microsoft Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server 2016 +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Privilege escalation in Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authenticated network attacker to elevate privileges due to improper authorization (CWE-285) in certificate request/enrollment handling across Windows Server 2012 through 2025 and their Server Core installations. With a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) and full high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, a low-privileged domain user can abuse AD CS authorization checks to gain elevated rights, potentially up to domain compromise. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but AD CS abuse (ESC-class attacks) is a well-established, high-value target class.

Authentication Bypass Windows 10 Version 1607 Windows 10 Version 1809 +11
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) component allows an already-authenticated, low-privileged user on affected Windows and Windows Server builds to elevate to higher privileges through an improper authorization check (CWE-285). Microsoft has released a patch, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. Impact is high across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though exploitation requires prior local code execution.

Authentication Bypass Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 +17
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows RPC Runtime lets an already-authenticated low-privileged user gain SYSTEM-level control due to improper authorization (CWE-285). Affecting a broad range of Windows client and server releases from Windows Server 2012 through Windows 11 26H1 and Server 2025, the flaw carries CVSS 7.8 with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Reported by Microsoft with a patch available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Authentication Bypass Windows 10 Version 1607 Windows 10 Version 1809 +16
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Likely This Week

Local privilege-to-code-execution in Microsoft Windows Admin Center lets an already-authenticated, lower-privileged user abuse an improper authorization check (CWE-285) to run arbitrary code on the host where the management tool is installed. Rated CVSS 7.8 with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, it requires local access and existing low-level privileges rather than remote unauthenticated reach. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but Microsoft has released a fix via the MSRC update guide.

Authentication Bypass Microsoft Windows Admin Center
NVD
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Cross-scope billing rate manipulation in Kimai 2.56.0 allows authenticated users with edit access to any single project, customer, or activity to tamper with rate configurations belonging to entirely different organizational units they are not authorized to access. The root cause is missing parent-child consistency validation in three Web admin rate-editing endpoints, where the controller validates the authenticated user's access to the parent object but never verifies that the child rate record actually belongs to that same parent. A PoC was privately submitted and subsequently removed from the advisory before public disclosure; no public exploit code is circulating and no CISA KEV active-exploitation listing exists at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Improper authorization in Kimai's Team API endpoints allows an authenticated Teamlead to add users and activities to their team that fall outside their intended management scope, bypassing the access boundaries enforced by the frontend. Affected versions are Kimai <= 2.57.0 (composer package kimai/kimai). A proof-of-concept was reportedly created but withheld; no public exploit code is currently available and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV. Once a Teamlead writes an out-of-scope team relation, downstream authorization logic may treat those relations as legitimate, silently expanding access to time entries, project visibility, and reporting for the affected users and activities.

PHP Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Permission revocation bypass in Kimai's timesheet restart and duplicate workflows allows authenticated users to create new database-persisted time entries under projects they no longer have access to. Affecting Kimai up to and including version 2.57.0, the flaw exists because `TimesheetVoter.php` evaluates the `*_own_timesheet` ownership branch before team-based access checks, meaning a historical timesheet entry acts as a durable capability token that survives administrative revocation. No public exploit is available - a PoC was reportedly submitted to the project and then redacted - and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV.

PHP Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.9
LOW POC Monitor

Improper authorization in waoowaoo (versions up to 0.4.1) allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to bypass access controls on media resources by manipulating the storageKey argument passed to the stablePublicIdFromStorageKey function in the Media Handler component. The impact is limited to partial confidentiality disclosure (VC:L in CVSS 4.0), with no integrity or availability consequence. No vendor patch has been issued as of analysis time; a public exploit exists via a GitHub issue report (POC), though high attack complexity (AC:H) constrains opportunistic exploitation. This vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Authentication Bypass Waoowaoo
NVD VulDB GitHub

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