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CVE-2026-83876 Windows Shell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
A use-after-free in Windows Shell could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Shell
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-83876
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 04:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-83876 Windows Shell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
A use-after-free in Windows Shell could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows Shell allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Shell
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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