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Medium 6.8Published Oct 13, 2026
CVE-2026-103578Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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It affects Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
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Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Kernel allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
- CVSS
- 6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-822
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 13, 2026
Affected products
Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 microsoft:windows_11_26h1 | from 10.0.28000.0 before 10.0.28000.3231 | CNA record |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-103578vendor-advisory, patch
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