high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-56155Microsoft AD FS — local privilege escalation via coarse access control

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) checks permissions too coarsely, so a user who already has a foothold on the server can raise themselves to full control of the service that issues the organisation's sign-in tokens.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Apply the Microsoft update for AD FS now; treat federation servers as tier-0 and review who holds local logon rights on them.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
0%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-07-14
Added to KEV
2026-07-14
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
privilege escalation
MITRE ATT&CK
T1068
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsAn existing low-privilege account with local access to the AD FS server.

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-23scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-23scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-23scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-23claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2026-56155 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-23