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CVE-2026-69838 Windows Print Spooler Components Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
An authorized attacker can exploit a use-after-free in Windows Print Spooler Components to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Print Spooler Components
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-69838
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 01:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-69838 Windows Print Spooler Components Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 8 Sept 2026, 14:00 UTC
An authorized attacker can exploit a use-after-free in Windows Print Spooler Components to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows Print Spooler Components allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Print Spooler Components
Fixed versions: Not specified
Prerequisites: authorized attacker
Complete source record
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