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CVE-2026-85850 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
An authorized attacker could exploit an invalid pointer or reference in the Windows Kernel to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-85850
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 15:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-85850 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
An authorized attacker could exploit an invalid pointer or reference in the Windows Kernel to elevate privileges locally.
Release of invalid pointer or reference in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Kernel
Fixed versions: Not specified
Prerequisites: authorized attacker
Complete source record
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