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CVE-2026-47301 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Configuration Manager where an authenticated attacker can send specially crafted network requests to upload unauthorized content, ultimately gaining SYSTEM privileges. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (Important). The article does not specify affected version ranges, a fixed version, or a workaround.