Summary
Impact: Security Feature Bypass. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What kind of security feature could be bypassed by successfully exploiting this vulnerability?
This vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass the Windows biometric authentication feature. A malicious biometric device could be incorrectly recognized as trusted, allowing an attacker to falsely present biometric data and potentially gain access to the device without the legitimate user's fingerprint or face.
Security updates
10.0.28000.1836 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5083768
10.0.17763.8644 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5082123
10.0.20348.5020 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5082142
10.0.19044.7184 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5082200
10.0.26100.32690 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5082063
10.0.26200.8246 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5083769
10.0.22631.6936 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5082052
10.0.25398.2274 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5082060
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.1
Windows Biometric Service Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Biometric Service allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-32088 Windows Biometric Service Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32088
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss