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CVE-2026-70565 Windows AF_UNIX Socket Provider Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows AF_UNIX Socket Provider may allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows AF_UNIX Socket Provider
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-70565
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 12:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-70565 Windows AF_UNIX Socket Provider Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 8 Sept 2026, 14:00 UTC
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows AF_UNIX Socket Provider may allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows AF_UNIX Socket Provider allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows AF_UNIX Socket Provider
Fixed versions: Not specified
Prerequisites: authorized attacker
Complete source record
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