CVE-2026-69718
Windows Update Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
At a glance Severity HIGH 7.8 EPSS EPSS 0.44 % · percentile 38 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-10-27 Assigner microsoft NVD status Analyzed Description Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Windows Update allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C microsoft CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe: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:* < 10.0.26300.9711cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26100.33650Affected products
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