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CVE record · CVE-2026-49166

Windows Print Configuration Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0033 · 26th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 14 Jul 2026, 17:04 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
  • affected 10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.8875 custom
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2
  • affected 10.0.26200.0 to before 10.0.26200.8875 custom
Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1
  • affected 10.0.28000.0 to before 10.0.28000.2525 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2025
  • affected 10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.33158 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.33158 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2026-49166
CNA
microsoft
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416
Tags
Published
14 Jul 2026
Updated
10 Nov 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Windows 11 (versions 24H2, 25H2 and 26H1) and Windows Server 2025 (including Server Core installations) contain a use-after-free flaw in Microsoft Printer Drivers. An authorized local attacker can exploit it to elevate privileges. Upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 build 10.0.26100.8875, 25H2 build 10.0.26200.8875, 26H1 build 10.0.28000.2525, or Windows Server 2025 build 10.0.26100.33158 or later.

Written 13 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.8 High 3.1 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 CNA (microsoft)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0033, the 26th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2026, 17:04 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List

Sources

References from the CNA

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