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CVE-2026-70104 Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates

An authorized attacker could elevate privileges locally through an untrusted pointer dereference in the Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem.

Products
Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-70104
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 17:46 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-70104 Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

official-microsoft-security-updates · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

An authorized attacker could elevate privileges locally through an untrusted pointer dereference in the Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem.

Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem

Fixed versions: Not specified

Prerequisites: an authorized attacker

Complete source record
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