---
title: "CVE-2026-88135: WebDAV - Broken Access Control"
description: "WebDAV contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by improper access control, letting authorized attackers locally elevate privileges, exploit requires attacker to be authorized."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-88135/
---

# CVE-2026-88135 WebDAV - Broken Access Control

WebDAV contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by improper access control, letting authorized attackers locally elevate privileges, exploit requires attacker to be authorized.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.28% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88135)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

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

Published

13 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-862](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with access control fixes.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88135](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88135)
- [https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-88135](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-88135)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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