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CVE-2026-70582 Windows Management Instrumentation Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates

A race condition in Windows Management Instrumentation allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Products
Windows Management Instrumentation
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-70582
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 01:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-70582 Windows Management Instrumentation Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

official-microsoft-security-updates · Original source

Published 8 Sept 2026, 14:00 UTC

A race condition in Windows Management Instrumentation allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Management Instrumentation allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Windows Management Instrumentation

Fixed versions: Not specified

Prerequisites: an authorized attacker

Complete source record
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