Capability Access Management Service (camsvc) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Priority LOW 33CWE-362Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from Microsoft.
Summary
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Capability Access Management Service (camsvc) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00291 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Windows Server 2025 (Microsoft): 10.0.26100.32230Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) (Microsoft): 10.0.26100.32230
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Windows Server 2025 (Microsoft) Fixed in 10.0.26100.32230
- Fix · CNA Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) (Microsoft) Fixed in 10.0.26100.32230
Vendor assessments
Microsoft
Microsoft's page for this CVE →
- Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- Exploited
- No
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Unlikely
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Windows Server 2025 | Fixed | 10.0.26100.32230 · Security Update |
| Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) | Fixed | 10.0.26100.32230 · Security Update |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-20830
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5q9m-xqg4-7xqr
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Sources
- CVE-2026-20830 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-20830 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5q9m-xqg4-7xqr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-20830 · Microsoft Security Update Guide
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