# Linux Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE record · `CVE-2026-62840`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-62840`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.0 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** microsoft
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-367](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/367.html)
- **Tags:** [Race condition](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/race-condition.md)
- **Technologies:** [Microsoft Linux 3P (Third Party) Distros](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-linux-3p-third-party-distros.md)
- **Published:** 13 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 31 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 13 Oct 2026, 20:37 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

- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Linux 3P (Third Party) Distros.
  - affected: `1.0.0 to before 7.3` (custom)

## 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

- 7.0 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`, from CNA (microsoft)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 10th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 13 Oct 2026, 20:37 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62840)
- 31 Oct 2026, 16:26 UTC: First seen by agentprime

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-62840](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62840)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-62840](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62840)

### References from the CNA

- <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62840> (vendor-advisory, patch)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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