CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-70138

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.34%

26th percentile - higher than 26% of all known CVEs

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows OLE. An authorized attacker can exploit this to elevate privileges locally.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with local access could elevate privileges, creating a risk of device takeover and further escalation.

Recommendation

Install the Windows security updates immediately and restrict local access to trusted users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows OLE allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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