What You Need to Know: Windows Admin Center Remote Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-26119)

Original text by Andrea Pierini

The article explains the security implications of CVE-2026-26119, a high-severity privilege-escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows Admin Center (WAC). Windows Admin Center is a browser-based management platform widely used by administrators to manage Windows servers, clusters, virtual machines, and other enterprise infrastructure. The vulnerability stems from improper authentication logic, which allows…

https://core-jmp.org/2026/03/what-you-need-to-know-windows-admin-center-remote-privilege-escalation-cve-2026-26119/