Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What privileges could an attacker gain by exploiting this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation could let a local attacker access protected system account resources from a restricted process running with SYSTEM identity.
Security updates
10.0.26100.9974 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5132061
10.0.26100.9911 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5132043
10.0.28000.3501 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5132059
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Incorrect authorization in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-95988 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-95988
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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