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CVE-2026-69799 Windows Hello Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
A race condition in Windows Hello may allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Hello
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-69799
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 11:53 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-69799 Windows Hello Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 8 Sept 2026, 14:00 UTC
A race condition in Windows Hello may allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Hello allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Hello
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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