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CVE-2026-113864

Use-after-free local privilege escalation in Windows Hyper-V

CVSS 3.1
6.4 medium
EPSS
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Published
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Modified
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A use-after-free in Windows Hyper-V lets an already authorized attacker elevate privileges. The attacker must act locally; no user interaction is required, but the flaw is hard to exploit and needs high privileges. Successful exploitation can give high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Affected builds are not listed.

What to do: Apply Microsoft's update for CVE-2026-113864. Microsoft has not listed a fixed version or workaround.

ProductAffected
Microsoft Windows Hyper-V—
Estimated exposure
No basis for an estimate.

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description · NVD

Use after free in Windows Hyper-V allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weakness
CWE-416
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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