CVE-2026-96929

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.04 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

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected Software (3)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.9612
microsoft windows_server_2022 < 10.0.20348.5761
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/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.48%
Raw Score 0.004840
Percentile 41.6%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00484
2026-10-28
0.00484

Intelligence Sources

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