CVE-2026-72980

MEDIUM

MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 29/100

Published: 2026-09-08 Modified: 2026-10-30 First seen: 2026-10-30 Status: active

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact

AV: Local

AC: Low

PR: High

UI: None

S: Unchanged

C: High

I: None

A: None

Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Hello allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

Vendor	Product	Version
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1607	10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.9512
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.9245
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	10.0.19044.0 < 10.0.19044.7725
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 22H2	10.0.19045.0 < 10.0.19045.7725
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 23H2	10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.7582
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 24H2	10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.9445
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 25H2	10.0.26200.0 < 10.0.26200.9445
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 23H2	10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.7582
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 26H1	10.0.28000.0 < 10.0.28000.2954
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016	10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.9512
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.9512
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.9245
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.9245
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.5622
Microsoft	Windows Server 2025	10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.33438
Microsoft	Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)	10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.33438

vendor-advisory patch

29 / 100

✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

4.4 / 10.0 v3.1

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

0.57%

Raw Score 0.005740

Percentile 47.4%

Date 2026-10-30

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