CVE-2026-72980 Windows Hello Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

{
  "id": "def9f29b50b2de1eea5413a6b066dc31280de9334fe6dda7a7a8466df4e644e8",
  "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72980",
  "method": "llm",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2026-72980 Windows Hello Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability",
    "summary": "An authorized attacker could locally bypass a Windows Hello security feature due to an uncontrolled search path element.",
    "evidence": "Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Hello allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "Windows Hello",
          "evidence": "Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Hello"
        },
        "prerequisites": [
          {
            "value": "an authorized attacker",
            "evidence": "allows an authorized attacker to bypass"
          }
        ],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "fixed_cves": [],
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-72980",
        "evidence": "CVE-2026-72980 Windows Hello Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "official-microsoft-security-updates",
  "document_id": 26659,
  "published_at": "2026-09-08T14:00:00+00:00"
}