CVE-2026-69740

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: September 8, 2026 (2 days ago)
Last Modified: September 9, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: MITRE

Description

Use after free in Windows Hello allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CWE

CWE-416

Affected Products

Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1

References

🔗 msrc.microsoft.com