CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-42836

HighCVSS 7.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

A race condition in Function Discovery Service (fdwsd.dll) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Risk Assessment

An authorized user can escalate privileges, potentially gaining access to sensitive data or system control.

Recommendation

Install the latest Windows security update released by Microsoft.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Function Discovery Service (fdwsd.dll) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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