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CVE-2026-85836 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Type: advisorySources: Microsoft security updates
A use-after-free vulnerability in Windows Kernel could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Products
- Windows Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-85836
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 15:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-85836 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
official-microsoft-security-updates · Original sourcePublished 13 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
A use-after-free vulnerability in Windows Kernel could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows Kernel
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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