Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2026-88085Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity heap buffer overflow in Microsoft SQL Server 2017 for x64-based Systems (CU31) from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (GDR) 14.0.0 – before 14.0.2140.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2017 for x64-based Systems (CU31) 14.0.3006.16 – before 14.0.3560.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (GDR) 15.0.0 – before 15.0.2200.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (CU32) 15.0.4003.23 – before 15.0.4500.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (GDR) 16.0.0 – before 16.0.1210.3
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2022 for x64-based Systems (CU27) 16.0.4003.1 – before 16.0.4305.5
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2025 for x64-based Systems (CU9) 17.0.4006.2 – before 17.0.5015.4
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2025 for x64-based Systems (GDR) 17.0.1050.2 – before 17.0.1145.4

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

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