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CVE-2026-69926 Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates

An authorized attacker could exploit a type confusion issue in Desktop Window Manager to elevate privileges locally.

Products
Desktop Window Manager
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-69926
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 15:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-69926 Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

official-microsoft-security-updates · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

An authorized attacker could exploit a type confusion issue in Desktop Window Manager to elevate privileges locally.

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Desktop Window Manager

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "source_id": "official-microsoft-security-updates",
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