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Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-68896

Microsoft Windows 11Microsoft Windows Server

Microsoft Windows Search Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
7.8High

Official description

Absolute path traversal in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (microsoft) 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

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 10.0.26100.0 ≤ v < 10.0.26100.9445 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 10.0.26200.0 ≤ v < 10.0.26200.9445 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2 10.0.22631.0 ≤ v < 10.0.22631.7582 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2 10.0.22631.0 ≤ v < 10.0.22631.7582 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 10.0.28000.0 ≤ v < 10.0.28000.2954 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 10.0.20348.0 ≤ v < 10.0.20348.5622 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 10.0.26100.0 ≤ v < 10.0.26100.33438 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 ≤ v < 10.0.26100.33438 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-09-08
Last updated
2026-10-31
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
microsoft

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.37%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
31.1%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-36
    Absolute Path Traversal