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CVE-2026-83749 Windows Overlay Filter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
A use-after-free vulnerability in Windows Overlay Filter could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Overlay Filter
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-83749
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 00:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-83749 Windows Overlay Filter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
A use-after-free vulnerability in Windows Overlay Filter could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows Overlay Filter allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Overlay Filter
Fixed versions: Not specified
Prerequisites: authorized attacker
Complete source record
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