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CVE-2026-85884 Windows Health and Optimized Experiences Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates

An authorized attacker can elevate privileges locally due to missing authentication for a critical function in the Windows Health and Optimized Experiences Service.

Products
Windows Health and Optimized Experiences Service
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-85884
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
5 Nov 2026, 10:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-85884 Windows Health and Optimized Experiences Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

official-microsoft-security-updates · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

An authorized attacker can elevate privileges locally due to missing authentication for a critical function in the Windows Health and Optimized Experiences Service.

Missing authentication for critical function in Windows Health and Optimized Experiences Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Windows Health and Optimized Experiences Service

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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