Vulnerability · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2026-48581Surface Broker SDMA Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Microsoft Surface Go from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Surface allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Go	-
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Hub	-
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Laptop Go	-
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3	-
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Pro	-
Microsoft	Microsoft Surface Pro 8	-
Microsoft	Surface Laptop 4 with AMD Processor	-
Microsoft	Surface Laptop 4 with Intel Processor	-
Microsoft	Surface Windows Dev Kit	-

Weakness: CWE-1220 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

References

Surface Broker SDMA Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability vendor-advisory, patch