CVE-2026-96188

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 30/100
Published: 2026-10-13 Modified: 2026-10-29 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

External control of system or configuration setting in Microsoft PowerToys allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Microsoft PowerToys 0.1 < 0.101.2632.0

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

30 / 100
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

7.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.38%
Raw Score 0.003760
Percentile 31.5%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00376
2026-10-28
0.00376

Intelligence Sources

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