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CVE-2026-56196high8.8

Windows Admin Center (WAC) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Impact

Windows Admin Center versions 1809.0 to less than 2.7.4 have a relative path traversal weakness, potentially allowing an authorized attacker to execute code over a network. The exact impact is uncertain.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Affected packages

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Affected products

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Microsoft · microsoft

Windows Admin Center

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affected

1809.0 → before 2.7.4

custom versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unknown

Original source description

Relative path traversal in Windows Admin Center allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Inside the record

Evidence available

Package identity · not supplied
Version evidence
Remediation guidance · not supplied
Weakness classification
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Original records

CVE-2026-56196

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-23 ↗

CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal

microsoft

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Environment requirements

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microsoft · platform conditions

Any condition may hold

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_admin_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 1809.0

Before: 2.7.4

Original applicability statements
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        "cpeMatch": [
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            "vulnerable": true,
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_admin_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "versionStartIncluding": "1809.0",
            "versionEndExcluding": "2.7.4"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
]
Contributing organizations · 2
microsoft

Assigning organization

2026-10-28
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-07-15

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References

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msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56196
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