CVE-2026-62687
Windows Backup Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability
At a glance
- Severity
- MEDIUM 5.5
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.50 % · percentile 42 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- microsoft
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows Backup Engine allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C | microsoft |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
CERT-FR advisories
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.19044.7807cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.19044.7807cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* < 10.0.19044.7807cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.19045.7807cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.19045.7807cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* < 10.0.19045.7807cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.22631.7652cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.22631.7652cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.26100.9711cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26100.9711cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.26200.9711cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26200.9711cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.28000.3231cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.28000.3231cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.26300.9711cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26300.9711
Affected products
References
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