CVE-2026-69528
Missing authentication for critical function in Windows Shell allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7.8
- CVSS vector
- 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
- CWE
- CWE-306
- Published
- 2026-09-08
- Last modified
- 2026-09-09
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2
- Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
Weakness type
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