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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 source

Published 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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