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CVE-2026-119960

Uninitialized resource privilege escalation in Windows Hyper-V

CVSS 3.1
7.5 high
EPSS
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Published
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Modified
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Windows Hyper-V uses an uninitialized resource. An authorized attacker who already has high privileges on the host can trigger it locally, without user interaction, and elevate privileges. Scope can extend beyond the vulnerable component, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has not listed affected builds.

What to do: Apply Microsoft's update for CVE-2026-119960. No workaround is named.

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 of uninitialized resource in Windows Hyper-V allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weakness
CWE-908
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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