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CVE-2026-69850 Windows Certificates Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates

An authorized attacker could locally elevate privileges through an untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Certificates.

Products
Windows Certificates
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-69850
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 15:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-69850 Windows Certificates Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

official-microsoft-security-updates · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

An authorized attacker could locally elevate privileges through an untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Certificates.

Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Certificates allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Windows Certificates

Fixed versions: Not specified

Prerequisites: an authorized attacker

Complete source record
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