What is CVE-2026-50481?
Modification of assumed-immutable data (maid) in Azure Active Directory allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
The record classifies CVE-2026-50481 under weakness class CWE-471. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 65 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 9.9 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.0% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 7.2/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-08-06, last modified 2026-10-08
Is CVE-2026-50481 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 33 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Microsoft: Azure Active Directory
How to fix CVE-2026-50481
Vendor advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50481. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-50481
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-50481, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.