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CVE-2026-96932 Windows Embedded Mode Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates

An authorized attacker could exploit a race condition in Windows Embedded Mode Service to elevate privileges locally.

Products
Windows Embedded Mode Service
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-96932
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
5 Nov 2026, 17:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-96932 Windows Embedded Mode Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

official-microsoft-security-updates · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

An authorized attacker could exploit a race condition in Windows Embedded Mode Service to elevate privileges locally.

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

Windows Embedded Mode Service

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96932",
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  "source_id": "official-microsoft-security-updates",
  "document_id": 25795,
  "published_at": "2026-10-13T14:00:00+00:00"
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