CVE-2026-40369

HIGH 7 PoCs
MEDIUM Priority: 0.37 BB Relevance: 52/100
Published: 2026-05-12 Modified: 2026-11-03 First seen: 2026-11-03 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

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

Affected Software (12)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.8457
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 10.0.26200.0 < 10.0.26200.8457
Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 10.0.28000.0 < 10.0.28000.2113
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.32860
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.32860
microsoft windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.8390
microsoft windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.8390
microsoft windows_11_25h2 < 10.0.26200.8390
microsoft windows_11_25h2 < 10.0.26200.8390
microsoft windows_11_26h1 < 10.0.28000.2113
microsoft windows_11_26h1 < 10.0.28000.2113
microsoft windows_server_2025 < 10.0.26100.32772

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

52 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction
✓ PoC available (7)

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

4.72%
Raw Score 0.047250
Percentile 91.9%
Date 2026-11-07

EPSS Trend

2026-11-07
0.04725
2026-11-06
0.04725
2026-11-05
0.04725
2026-11-04
0.04725
2026-11-03
0.04725

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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