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CVE-2026-83826 Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates

An authorized attacker can locally elevate privileges through an untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Error Reporting.

Products
Windows Error Reporting
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-83826
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 01:31 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-83826 Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

official-microsoft-security-updates · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

An authorized attacker can locally elevate privileges through an untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Error Reporting.

Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Windows Error Reporting

Fixed versions: Not specified

Prerequisites: an authorized attacker

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-83826",
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  "source_id": "official-microsoft-security-updates",
  "document_id": 24995,
  "published_at": "2026-10-13T14:00:00+00:00"
}