CVE-2026-68880
HighCVSS 8.0Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk54th percentile - higher than 54% of all known CVEs
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Risk Assessment
Risk of remote privilege escalation, potentially allowing an attacker to take control of the system.
Recommendation
Apply the latest security updates for Windows Win32K and restrict network access.
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Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in Windows Win32k. Details are not provided in the description.
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- CVE-2019-1132HighActively exploited
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Original NVD description (English source)
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS