🛡️ CVE-2026-32176 — sql-server-2016

🟡 CVSS 6.7 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-89 NVD
6.7
CVSS Score
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Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in an sql command ('sql injection') in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-32176 is classified as CWE-89: SQL Injection. Untrusted input is concatenated into an SQL statement, letting an attacker change the query and reach data the request should not return.

Affected software

CVE-2026-32176 is recorded against 5 packages.

  • sql-server-2016 (from 13.0.7000.253 up to 13.0.7080.1)
  • sql-server-2017 (from 14.0.3006.16 up to 14.0.3525.1)
  • sql-server-2019 (from 15.0.4003.23 up to 15.0.4465.1)
  • sql-server-2022 (from 16.0.4003.1 up to 16.0.4250.1)
  • sql-server-2025 (from 17.0.4006.2 up to 17.0.4030.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 April 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

msrc.microsoft.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.7
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-89
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-04-14
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
sql-server-2016 13.0.7000.253 13.0.7080.1
sql-server-2017 14.0.3006.16 14.0.3525.1
sql-server-2019 15.0.4003.23 15.0.4465.1
sql-server-2022 16.0.4003.1 16.0.4250.1
sql-server-2025 17.0.4006.2 17.0.4030.1

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