CVE-2026-85851

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2026-10-13 Modified: 2026-10-29 First seen: 2026-10-29 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

Use after free in Windows SmartScreen allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (12)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.7652
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_2025 < 10.0.26100.33650

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

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

0.33%
Raw Score 0.003300
Percentile 26.1%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00330
2026-10-28
0.00330

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →