CVE detail
CVE-2026-56162
Improper authentication in Azure SQL Database allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.
Buzz score components · mention 20.8 · diversity 17.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 7
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 3
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
7 source links · newest first
- August 2026 Patch Tuesday: One Exploited Zero-Day and 62 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 415 CVEsCrowdStrike
affected by August 2026 Patch Tuesday Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock CVE-2026-68820 is an Important elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock and has a CVSS score of 7.0 . A use-after-free flaw (CWE-416) allows a low-privileged local attacker to el
vendorwww.crowdstrike.comAug 12, 2026, 8:00 AM arked as "critical." Microsoft notes that 1 of the vulnerabilities disclosed this month have been exploited in the wild CVE-2026-68820 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. A Use After Free vulnerability could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. This vulnerability has
vendorblog.talosintelligence.comAug 11, 2026, 10:21 PMation denial-of-service, and arbitrary code execution. Zero-day Vulnerabilities Patched in August Patch Tuesday Edition CVE-2026-72971: Windows Container Isolation FS Filter Driver (unionfs.sys) Tampering Vulnerability This is a link-following flaw that may allow an authenticated attacker to perform local tampering. CVE-2026-62832: Windows User Profile
vendorblog.qualys.comAug 11, 2026, 9:55 PM- The August 2026 Security Update ReviewZero Day Initiative
g actively exploited, at least as 0-days. Again, we’ll start with the bug under active attack and move on from there. - CVE-2026-68820 - Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This bug allows attackers to execute code at SYSTEM level. Bugs of this type are often paired with code execution bugs to take over a
vendorwww.thezdi.comAug 11, 2026, 5:56 PM - ⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Goes Rogue, Metabase 0-Day, MCP Supply-Chain Attacks, and Router BackdoorsThe Hacker News
sed, or already being poked at in the wild. Check the list, patch what you have, and hit the ones marked urgent first — CVE-2026-34348 , CVE-2026-18497 (stb TrueType), CVE-2026-63508, CVE-2026-56162, CVE-2026-65667, CVE-2026-50515, CVE-2026-62830, CVE-2026-59115, CVE-2026-50481 (Microsoft Windows), CVE-2026-64638 (WordPress), CVE-2026-64564 (Linux SCTP
newsthehackernews.comAug 10, 2026, 3:00 PM - Microsoft, Apple Release Fresh Security UpdatesSecurityWeek
ePoint, Teams, and other products, including critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) issues. Three of the issues, CVE-2026-63508, CVE-2026-56162, and CVE-2026-65667, have a maximum severity rating of 10/10. Described as missing authentication in Planetary Computer Pro, improper authentication in Azure SQL Database, and missing authorization in Te
newswww.securityweek.comAug 7, 2026, 9:09 AM Improper authentication in Azure SQL Database allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
vendormsrc.microsoft.comAug 6, 2026, 2:00 PM
Exploit code
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