CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-42829

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.29%

21th percentile - higher than 21% of all known CVEs

Summary

Improper access control vulnerability in Windows Administrator Protection allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could bypass administrator protection and perform actions with elevated privileges.

Recommendation

Install Windows security updates for Administrator Protection.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Improper access control in Windows Administrator Protection allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS