Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Windows MIDI Service Module in Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2 and 26H1 is affected before builds 10.0.26100.9445, 10.0.26200.9445 and 10.0.28000.2954 respectively. A local attacker with low-privilege access can exploit a stack-based buffer overflow to gain elevated privileges. Upgrade to the fixed build for your Windows version; the source gives no workaround.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 11 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 8 Sept 2026, 17:15 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
- 31 Oct 2026, 16:26 UTC First seen by agentprime