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CVE-2026-69736 Windows Credential Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
A race condition in Windows Credential Manager may allow an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges.
- Products
- Windows Credential Manager
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-69736
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 03:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-69736 Windows Credential Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
A race condition in Windows Credential Manager may allow an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges.
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Credential Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Credential Manager
Fixed versions: Not specified
Prerequisites: an authorized attacker
Complete source record
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