CVE-2026-20803HighMicrosoft CVSS 7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-20803 — Microsoft SQL Server

Published
June 2, 2026
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-20803 →

📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products3

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2022 for x64-based Systems (CU 22)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2022 for x64-based Systems (GDR)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2025 for x64-based Systems (GDR)

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 3 updates

3 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.

KB articleUpdateFixed build
—Security Update16.0.1165.1
—Security Update17.0.1050.2
—Security Update16.0.4230.2

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-20803

EchelonGraph score
7.2 HIGH
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is available — apply it.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

Missing authentication for critical function in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-20803, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (7)