HighCVE-2026-69441

    Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2026-69441)

    Published Last modified Sources: BSI, CVE.org, Msrc Update Guide

    What is affected, what to do

    Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

    Update Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 to version 10.0.14393.9512, Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 to version 10.0.17763.9245, Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 to version 10.0.19044.7725.

    Affected
    • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 lt 10.0.14393.0..10.0.14393.9512
    • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 lt 10.0.17763.0..10.0.17763.9245
    • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 lt 10.0.19044.0..10.0.19044.7725
    • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2 lt 10.0.19045.0..10.0.19045.7725
    • Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2 lt 10.0.22631.0..10.0.22631.7582
    • Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 lt 10.0.26100.0..10.0.26100.9445
    • Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 lt 10.0.26200.0..10.0.26200.9445
    • Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 lt 10.0.28000.0..10.0.28000.2954
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 lt 6.2.9200.0..6.2.9200.26349
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) lt 6.2.9200.0..6.2.9200.26349
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 lt 6.3.9600.0..6.3.9600.23398
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) lt 6.3.9600.0..6.3.9600.23398
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 lt 10.0.14393.0..10.0.14393.9512
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) lt 10.0.14393.0..10.0.14393.9512
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 lt 10.0.17763.0..10.0.17763.9245
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) lt 10.0.17763.0..10.0.17763.9245
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 lt 10.0.20348.0..10.0.20348.5622
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2025 lt 10.0.26100.0..10.0.26100.33438
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) lt 10.0.26100.0..10.0.26100.33438
    Fixed in
    • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 10.0.14393.9512
    • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.17763.9245
    • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 10.0.19044.7725
    • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2 10.0.19045.7725
    • Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2 10.0.22631.7582
    • Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 10.0.26100.9445
    • Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 10.0.26200.9445
    • Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 10.0.28000.2954
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 6.2.9200.26349
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) 6.2.9200.26349
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 6.3.9600.23398
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) 6.3.9600.23398
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 10.0.14393.9512
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 10.0.14393.9512
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.9245
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 10.0.17763.9245
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 10.0.20348.5622
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2025 10.0.26100.33438
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.33438

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    Metrics

    7.0

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: NVD, CVSS v3

    7.0

    CVSS v3

    Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: BSI, CVE.org, Msrc Update Guide

    0.2 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 9.7

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    Severity
    High
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    62.62 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    7.0 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    7.0
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.2 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    9.7
    Low — this CVE sits in the lower 10% of all CVEs scored today.
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    —
    Published
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-362, CWE-416

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

    Source: BSI CSAF, BSI WID Portal, cvelistv5, NVD (NIST), Microsoft Security Update Guide

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1607
    • 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.9512
    • 10.0.14393.9512
    MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1809
    • 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.9245
    • 10.0.17763.9245
    MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 21H2
    • 10.0.19044.0 – < 10.0.19044.7725
    • 10.0.19044.7725
    MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 22H2
    • 10.0.19045.0 – < 10.0.19045.7725
    • 10.0.19045.7725
    MicrosoftWindows 11 version 23H2
    • 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.7582
    • 10.0.22631.7582
    MicrosoftWindows 11 Version 24H2
    • 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.9445
    • 10.0.26100.9445
    MicrosoftWindows 11 Version 25H2
    • 10.0.26200.0 – < 10.0.26200.9445
    • 10.0.26200.9445
    MicrosoftWindows 11 version 26H1
    • 10.0.28000.0 – < 10.0.28000.2954
    • 10.0.28000.2954
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2012
    • 6.2.9200.0 – < 6.2.9200.26349
    • 6.2.9200.26349
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
    • 6.2.9200.0 – < 6.2.9200.26349
    • 6.2.9200.26349
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2
    • 6.3.9600.0 – < 6.3.9600.23398
    • 6.3.9600.23398
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
    • 6.3.9600.0 – < 6.3.9600.23398
    • 6.3.9600.23398
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2016
    • 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.9512
    • 10.0.14393.9512
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
    • 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.9512
    • 10.0.14393.9512
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2019
    • 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.9245
    • 10.0.17763.9245
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
    • 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.9245
    • 10.0.17763.9245
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2022
    • 10.0.20348.0 – < 10.0.20348.5622
    • 10.0.20348.5622
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2025
    • 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.33438
    • 10.0.26100.33438
    MicrosoftWindows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
    • 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.33438
    • 10.0.26100.33438

    Vendors and products

    Affected operating systems

    Affected operating systems
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_10_1607—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_10_1809—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_10_21h2—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_10_22h2—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_11_23h2—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_11_24h2—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_11_25h2—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_11_26h1—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_server_2012r2
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_server_2012—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_server_2016—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_server_2019—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_server_2022—
    Windowsmicrosoftwindows_server_2025—

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

      Class

      The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-362

    • CWE-416Use After Free

      Variant

      The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-416

    References & sources

    Reanalysis & status changes

    Chronological NVD audit events for this CVE — reanalyses, CVSS updates, CPE diffs.

    1. Initial Analysisnvd@nist.gov

      • CPE Configuration: after OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.9512 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.9512 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.9245 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.9245 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19044.7725 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19044.7725 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19044.7725 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19045.7725 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19045.7725 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19045.7725 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.22631.7582 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.22631.7582 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26100.9445 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26100.9445 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26200.9445 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26200.9445 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.28000.2954 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.28000.2954 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26100.33438 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.9512 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.9245 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.20348.5622
      • Reference Type: after Microsoft Corporation: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69441 Types: Patch, Vendor Advisory

    2. CVE Modifiedsecure@microsoft.com

      • Affected: after Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/69xxx/CVE-2026-69441.json">CVE-2026-69441</a>

    3. CVE Modified134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

      • SSVC: before {"id":"CVE-2026-69441","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalI… after {"id":"CVE-2026-69441","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalI…

    4. CVE Modified134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

      • SSVC: after {"id":"CVE-2026-69441","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalI…

    5. New CVE Receivedsecure@microsoft.com

      • Description: after Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
      • CVSS V3.1: after AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
      • CWE: after CWE-362
      • CWE: after CWE-416
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