Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
Security updates
10.0.17763.9121 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120238
10.0.20348.5499 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120242
10.0.20348.5440 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120229
10.0.19044.7663 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120249
10.0.26100.33296 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120233
10.0.26100.33222 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120228
10.0.26200.9457 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5129195
10.0.26200.9448 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5129241
10.0.22631.7517 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120240
10.0.28000.2956 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5129194
10.0.14393.9418 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120418
6.2.9200.26280 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120386
6.3.9600.23338 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120385
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Windows User-Mode Power Service (UMPS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Insufficient granularity of access control in User-Mode Power Service (UMPS) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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#3
The CVE was updated with links to security updates for Windows 11, version 26H1, 25H2, and 24H2 to address a missed fix. Microsoft recommends installing these updates as soon as possible.
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#2
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-62721 Windows User-Mode Power Service (UMPS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62721
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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