CVE-2026-69978

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 26/100
Published: 2026-10-13 Modified: 2026-10-29 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

No Interaction Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Description

Null pointer dereference in Windows VMSwitch allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.

Affected Software (22)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.9376
microsoft windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.9376
microsoft windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.9376
microsoft windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.7807
microsoft windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.7807
microsoft windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.7807
microsoft windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.7807
microsoft windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.7807
microsoft windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.7807
microsoft windows_11_23h2 < 10.0.22631.7652
microsoft windows_11_23h2 < 10.0.22631.7652
microsoft windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.9711
microsoft windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.9711
microsoft windows_11_25h2 < 10.0.26200.9711
microsoft windows_11_25h2 < 10.0.26200.9711
microsoft windows_11_26h1 < 10.0.28000.3231
microsoft windows_11_26h1 < 10.0.28000.3231
microsoft windows_11_26h2 < 10.0.26300.9711
microsoft windows_11_26h2 < 10.0.26300.9711
microsoft windows_server_2019 < 10.0.17763.9376
microsoft windows_server_2022 < 10.0.20348.5761
microsoft windows_server_2025 < 10.0.26100.33650

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

26 / 100
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.6 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.39%
Raw Score 0.003910
Percentile 33.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00391
2026-10-28
0.00391

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →