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CVE-2026-85879

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

Attack Surface

No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (4)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) 5.0.0.0 < 2.7.10
Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) 5.0.0.0 < 2.7.10
Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) 5.0.0.0 < 2.7.10
microsoft windows_subsystem_for_linux 2.0.0 – 2.7.10

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

29 / 100
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.0 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.22%
Raw Score 0.002190
Percentile 12.5%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00219
2026-10-28
0.00219

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

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