High

Windows Biometric Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Biometric Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Announced 8 Sept 2026Source revision 1

CVE-2026-73015

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-73015

Windows 10 Version 1607

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Windows 10 Version 1809

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Windows 10 Version 21H2

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Windows 10 Version 22H2

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Windows 11 version 23H2

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Windows 11 Version 23H2

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Windows 11 Version 24H2

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Windows 11 Version 25H2

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Windows 11 version 26H1

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Windows Server 2016

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Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/10/product

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Windows Server 2019

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/11/product

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Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/12/product

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Windows Server 2022

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/13/product

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Windows Server 2025

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/14/product

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Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/15/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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    "vendor": "Microsoft",
    "product": "Windows 10 Version 1607",
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  },
  {
    "vendor": "Microsoft",
    "product": "Windows 10 Version 1809",
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        "status": "affected",
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  },
  {
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    "product": "Windows 10 Version 21H2",
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        "status": "affected",
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  {
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        "versionType": "custom"
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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-73015
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Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #25706 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:56:50 GMT
Publisher date: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:17:59 GMT

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