CVE-2026-69840

HighCVSS 7.0

Published: 13/10/2026(UTC)Updated: 16/10/2026(UTC)Translated: 14/10/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.22%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Use after free in Windows Certificates allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

An attacker with local access could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges and gain unauthorized access to the system.

Apply Windows security updates and regularly audit user privileges.

Original NVD description (English source)

Use after free in Windows Certificates allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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