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CVE-2026-70076 Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
An authorized attacker could exploit a use-after-free in the Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-70076
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 17:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-70076 Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
An authorized attacker could exploit a use-after-free in the Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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