CVE-2026-72980
Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Hello allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 4.4
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- EPSS probability
- 0.31%
- CWE
- CWE-427
- Published
- 2026-09-08
- Last modified
- 2026-09-10
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
- Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2
Weakness type
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