CVE-2026-118148
A NVD · · CVE-2026-118148
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
- 7.5
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
Beyond the bare CVE identifier, the alert provides no additional information , no exploit status, no in-the-wild exploitation, no attacker TTPs.
Description
CVE-2026-118148 concerns improper authentication in Active Directory Domain Services. According to NVD, an already authorized attacker can exploit the flaw over the network to elevate privileges. The alert is currently only an NVD entry; details on CVSS score, affected versions, exploit availability, or CISA KEV listing are missing. There is no information on active exploitation or associated threat actor groups.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 75.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 75.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
1 TTPProcedure details
| Technique | Tactic | Procedure | Conf. | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation | Privilege Escalation | An attacker exploits improper authentication in Active Directory Domain Services to elevate their privileges over a network. | high | llm |