CVE•Published 2026-03-10•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-21262
Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
EPSS percentile
79
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 21% of all CVEs
Description
Improper access control in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Timeline
Published 2026-03-10
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-21262Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Microsoft Sql Server 2016" version:"13.0.6300.2"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Sql Server 2016"HTTP body or banner mentions "Sql Server 2016" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-21262Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-21262Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-21262Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-21262GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-21262" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (3)
CVE-2026-212623 repos
Xuchen-Li/cv-arxiv-dailyPython
Automatically update arXiv papers about SOT & VLT, Multi-modal Learning, LLM and Video Understanding using Github Actions.
XuzhaoLi/ro-arxiv-dailyPython
Automatically Update Arxiv Papers about Path Planning, LLM and Autonomous Driving using Github Actions since 2024.2.
r00t4dm/r00t4dmunknown