CVE-2026-55014 - Windows Remote Help Defense Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HIGH

Windows Remote Help Defense Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Jul 14, 2026

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.30%

Improper access control in Windows Remote Help Defense allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Vendor Microsoft Product Windows Remote Help Default
unknown
Affected
- ≥ 5.0.0.0, < 5.2.1037.0

Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).

Vendor	Product	Default status	Versions
Microsoft	Windows Remote Help	unknown	Affected ≥ 5.0.0.0, < 5.2.1037.0

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-43763		Advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55014		vendor-advisorypatchVendor Advisory

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner microsoft

Published Jul 14, 2026

Updated Sep 25, 2026

Reserved Jun 16, 2026

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Jul 15, 2026

NVD

Status Analyzed

Modified Jul 24, 2026

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner microsoft

Published Jul 14, 2026

Updated Sep 25, 2026

GitHub

No data