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CVE-2026-69779 Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
A TOCTOU race condition in Windows Win32K may allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Win32k
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-69779
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 11:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-69779 Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 8 Sept 2026, 14:00 UTC
A TOCTOU race condition in Windows Win32K may allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Win32k
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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