CVE-2026-118120
A NVD · · CVE-2026-118120
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
- 8.8
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
Beyond the CVE description, the report contains no indication of active exploitation, affected versions, or specific attack tactics.
Description
CVE-2026-118120 describes an SQL injection vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server. An authorized attacker can inject special elements into SQL commands and thereby elevate privileges over the network. The NVD description does not name affected versions, exploitation details, or indications of active attacks. The report contains no information on status (KEV, PoC, in-the-wild exploitation).
Risk score
- cvss base
- 88.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 88.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational