CVE record · CVE-2026-88088

Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.0 HighEPSS 0.0023 · 14th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 13 Oct 2026, 20:37 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (GDR)
  • affected 15.0.0 to before 15.0.2200.2 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (CU32)
  • affected 15.0.4003.23 to before 15.0.4500.2 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (GDR)
  • affected 16.0.0 to before 16.0.1210.3 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2022 for x64-based Systems (CU27)
  • affected 16.0.4003.1 to before 16.0.4305.5 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2025 for x64-based Systems (CU9)
  • affected 17.0.4006.2 to before 17.0.5015.4 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2025 for x64-based Systems (GDR)
  • affected 17.0.1050.2 to before 17.0.1145.4 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2026-88088
CNA
microsoft
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-190
Published
13 Oct 2026
Updated
31 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.0 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C CNA (microsoft)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0023, the 14th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2026, 20:37 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  2. 13 Oct 2026, 21:19 UTC Confirmed by NVD
  3. 31 Oct 2026, 16:26 UTC First seen by agentprime

Sources

References from the CNA

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