CVE-2026-40369 PUBLISHED

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Assigner: microsoft
Reserved: 11.04.2026 Published: 12.05.2026 Updated: 13.05.2026

Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 7.8

Product Status

Vendor Microsoft
Product Windows 11 Version 24H2
Versions
  • affected from 10.0.26100.0 to 10.0.26100.8457 (excl.)
Vendor Microsoft
Product Windows 11 Version 25H2
Versions
  • affected from 10.0.26200.0 to 10.0.26200.8457 (excl.)
Vendor Microsoft
Product Windows 11 version 26H1
Versions
  • affected from 10.0.28000.0 to 10.0.28000.2113 (excl.)
Vendor Microsoft
Product Windows Server 2025
Versions
  • affected from 10.0.26100.0 to 10.0.26100.32860 (excl.)
Vendor Microsoft
Product Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
Versions
  • affected from 10.0.26100.0 to 10.0.26100.32860 (excl.)

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