CVE record · CVE-2026-69740

Windows Hello Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.0033 · 26th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 8 Sept 2026, 17:12 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	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 23H2	affected 10.0.22631.0 to before 10.0.22631.7582 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 23H2	affected 10.0.22631.0 to before 10.0.22631.7582 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 24H2	affected 10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.9445 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 25H2	affected 10.0.26200.0 to before 10.0.26200.9445 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 26H1	affected 10.0.28000.0 to before 10.0.28000.2954 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2026-69740
CNA: microsoft
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Tags: Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2
Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1
Memory corruption
Published: 8 Sept 2026
Updated: 10 Nov 2026

Machine-written summary

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

Microsoft Windows 11 versions 23H2, 24H2, 25H2 and 26H1 are affected by a use-after-free flaw in Windows Hello. An attacker with authorized local access can exploit it to elevate privileges. Upgrade to Windows 11 23H2 build 10.0.22631.7582, 24H2 build 10.0.26100.9445, 25H2 build 10.0.26200.9445, or 26H1 build 10.0.28000.2954 or later.

Written 11 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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, 17:12 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
31 Oct 2026, 16:20 UTC First seen by agentprime

Sources

References from the CNA

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69740 vendor-advisorypatch

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.