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CVE-2026-83740 Windows Hello Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
A use-after-free vulnerability in Windows Hello could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Hello
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-83740
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 00:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-83740 Windows Hello Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
A use-after-free vulnerability in Windows Hello could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows Hello allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Hello
Fixed versions: Not specified
Prerequisites: authorized attacker
Complete source record
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