CVE-2026-118111

High (8)—

Schedule the patchSeverity High 8. No public exploit or active exploitation known.

Vendor advisory· Microsoft MSRC

Severity8High · CVSS 3.1

Exploitation probability0.43 %higher than 37% of CVEs · score from Nov 11, 2026

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog · checked Nov 12, 03:00 AM

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

News and reports on Orbitaley

Origin validation error in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Timeline

Built from our own data: NVD, CISA KEV and other exploitation catalogues, FIRST EPSS, public exploits, specialised media and Orbitaley coverage.

Nov 10, 2026CVE record published in NVD
Nov 10, 2026Alert: Microsoft fixes 200 vulnerabilities, including an Outlook flaw CISA confirms is being exploited

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1203 Exploitation for Client Executionexecution90 %

El vector CVSS indica UI:R (requiere interacción del usuario) y AV:N, por lo que la explotación es T1203. La descripción no indica administrador ni root, así que no se asigna T1068 como impacto.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Microsoft — SQL Server^AI

NVD record

NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Published: Nov 10, 2026
Last modified: Nov 10, 2026
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-346

References

Referencemsrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-118111

Raw JSON (NVD)

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