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CVE-2026-70176 Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
A use-after-free in the Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-70176
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 20:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-70176 Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
A use-after-free in the Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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