CVE-2026-42978

HighCVSS 7.8

Published: 09/06/2026(UTC)Updated: 10/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 15/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.04%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

A race condition in Windows Push Notifications allows for concurrent execution using shared resources with improper synchronization. This enables an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a risk to organizations as an authorized attacker could gain higher privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access to systems and data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Windows to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional security measures to monitor and restrict access to systems.

Original NVD description (English source)

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Push Notifications allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.