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CVE-2026-69383 Windows Shell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
An authorized attacker can exploit external control of a file name or path in Windows Shell to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Shell
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-69383
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 02:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-69383 Windows Shell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 8 Sept 2026, 14:00 UTC
An authorized attacker can exploit external control of a file name or path in Windows Shell to elevate privileges locally.
External control of file name or path in Windows Shell allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Shell
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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