Description
Improper authentication in Windows Storage allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- high
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287CWE-426
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- MICROSOFT
- Published
- 2/10/2026
- Last Modified
- 2/12/2026
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
microsoft : windows_10_1607microsoft : windows_10_1607microsoft : windows_10_1809microsoft : windows_10_1809microsoft : windows_10_21h2microsoft : windows_10_21h2microsoft : windows_10_21h2microsoft : windows_10_22h2microsoft : windows_10_22h2microsoft : windows_10_22h2microsoft : windows_11_23h2microsoft : windows_11_23h2microsoft : windows_11_24h2microsoft : windows_11_24h2microsoft : windows_11_25h2microsoft : windows_11_25h2microsoft : windows_server_2012microsoft : windows_server_2012microsoft : windows_server_2016microsoft : windows_server_2019microsoft : windows_server_2022microsoft : windows_server_2022_23h2microsoft : windows_server_2025
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