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CVE-2026-50481 is a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability in Azure Active Directory caused by modification of assumed-immutable data. The issue affects Microsoft’s hosted identity service and is classified under CWE-471. According to the available details, an authorized attacker can exploit the flaw over the network with low privileges and no user interaction. The vulnerability arises from incorrect trust in data that is assumed to remain immutable, enabling privilege boundaries within Azure Active Directory to be bypassed or altered and resulting in unauthorized privilege elevation.
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A critical elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Active Directory that is remotely exploitable.
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Active Directory caused by modification of assumed-immutable data (MAID), allowing an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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