CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-45487

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

A TOCTOU race condition vulnerability in the Program Compatibility Assistant Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Risk Assessment

An authorized user could gain higher privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Install the latest Windows security updates released by Microsoft.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in Program Compatibility Assistant Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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