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CVE-2026-85918 Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
An authorized attacker can exploit a use-after-free in the Windows UPnP Device Host to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-85918
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 17:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-85918 Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
An authorized attacker can exploit a use-after-free in the Windows UPnP Device Host to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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