CVE-2026-88191

Microsoft Windows Search Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.8
EPSS: EPSS 0.38 % · percentile 31 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-10-13
Updated: 2026-10-27
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Windows Search Component 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)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-100112
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-88191

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-1314 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.14393.9612
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* < 10.0.14393.9612
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.17763.9376
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* < 10.0.17763.9376
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.19044.7807
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.19044.7807
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* < 10.0.19044.7807
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.19045.7807
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.19045.7807
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* < 10.0.19045.7807
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.22631.7652
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.22631.7652
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.26100.9711
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26100.9711
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.26200.9711
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26200.9711
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.28000.3231
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.28000.3231
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* < 10.0.26300.9711
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26300.9711
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 10.0.14393.9612
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 10.0.17763.9376
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 10.0.20348.5761
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26100.33650

Affected products

Product	Versions
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607	affected 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.9612
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.9376
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2	affected 10.0.19044.0 < 10.0.19044.7807
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2	affected 10.0.19045.0 < 10.0.19045.7807
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 23H2	affected 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.7652
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2	affected 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.7652
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2	affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.9711
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 25H2	affected 10.0.26200.0 < 10.0.26200.9711
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 26H1	affected 10.0.28000.0 < 10.0.28000.3231
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 26H2	affected 10.0.26300.0 < 10.0.26300.9711
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2	affected 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.23470
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	affected 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.23470
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016	affected 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.9612
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.9612
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019	affected 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.9376
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.9376
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022	affected 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.5761
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025	affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.33650
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.33650

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-88191

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD