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High · 7.8 Exploitation more likely Public exploit CVE-2026-62737 EUVD-2026-56367GHSA-pgvw-22qq-2v4h

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.9168 10.0.26100.9168
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 10.0.26200.0 – < 10.0.26200.9168 10.0.26200.9168
Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 10.0.28000.0 – < 10.0.28000.2704 10.0.28000.2704
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.33296 10.0.26100.33296
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.33296 10.0.26100.33296

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 2 repositories

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