CVE-2026-96853

medium

EUVD alias: EUVD-2026-100236

Assigned by CNA: microsoft

Published 2026-10-13 · Modified 2026-10-13

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CVSS v3

4.7

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.7

Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

47%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Windows Affected 1 release

Version	Package	Status	Fixed in
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References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96853

CWEs

CWE-367

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.