A recent Forbes article, later picked up by Yahoo Tech, covered Microsoft’s disclosure of CVE-2026-21262, an SQL Server privilege escalation vulnerability that was publicly revealed before a patch was released. The story included analysis from Fortra’s Tyler Reguly, who explained the authentication requirements behind the issue and provided context on the real conditions needed for exploitation.
Originally published in Forbes.
Excerpt: "CVE-2026-21262 is a privilege escalation in SQL Server, but you have to already be an authenticated SQL user to exploit this," he explained.
