CVE-2026-118117
A NVD · · CVE-2026-118117
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
NATO Admiralty (AJP-2.1) grades confidence, independent of the risk score. Cross-source corroboration isn't tracked for non-CVE news, so single-source items are capped at a lower credibility number; a low number does not imply low quality.
Key metrics
- CVSS
- 8.0
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
Directly affects Microsoft SQL Server, which is part of the company's tech stack, allowing privilege escalation via SQL injection.
Description
CVE-2026-118117 describes an SQL injection vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server that allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network. The vulnerability arises from improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands. Unspecified versions of SQL Server are affected. At the time of publication, no information about active exploitation or an exploit is available.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 80.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 80.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational