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CVE-2026-40369EXPLOITEDPATCHED
microsoft · windows_11_24h2

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Description

Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
microsoftwindows_11_24h210.0.26100.0, 10.0.26200.0, 10.0.28000.0, 10.0.26100.0, 10.0.26100.0

Also Affects

Downstream vendors/products affected by this vulnerability

VendorProductSourceConfidence
microsoftwindows 11 version 26h1mitre_affected90%
microsoftwindows 11 version 25h2mitre_affected90%
microsoftwindowsmitre_affected90%
microsoftwindows server 2025 (server core installation)mitre_affected90%
microsoftmicrosoft windowscert_advisory90%

References

  • https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40369(vendor-advisory, patch)

Related News (7 articles)

Tier E
Hacker News2d ago
Show HN: CVE-2026-40369 Windows Kernel Arbitrary Write Chrome SBX
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Tier E
Hacker News9d ago
CVE-2026-40369: Twelve Bytes to Escape the Browser Sandbox
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Tier E
Lobsters Security14d ago
CVE-2026-40369: Arbitrary Kernel Address Increment via NtQuerySystemInformation
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Tier B
BSI Advisories17d ago
[NEU] [hoch] Microsoft Windows Produkte: Mehrere Schwachstellen
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Tier C
Qualys Blog18d ago
Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, May 2026 Security Update Review
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Tier C
VulDB18d ago
CVE-2026-40369 | Microsoft Windows 11 24H2/11 25H2/11 26H1/Server 2025 Kernel untrusted pointer dereference
→ No new info (linked only)
Tier A
Microsoft MSRC18d ago
CVE-2026-40369 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
→ No new info (linked only)
CVSS 3.17.8 HIGH
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CISA KEV❌ No
Actively exploited✅ Yes
Patch available
10.0.26100.845710.0.26200.845710.0.28000.211310.0.26100.32860
CWECWE-822
PublishedMay 12, 2026
Last enriched18d agov3
Trending Score60
Source articles7
Independent6
Info Completeness10/14
Missing: epss, kev, iocs, mitre_attack

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Verification

State: verified
Confidence: 0%

Vulnerability Timeline

CVE Published
May 12, 2026
Discovered by ZDM
May 12, 2026
Updated: description, exploitAvailable, activelyExploited
May 12, 2026
Updated: affectedVersions
May 12, 2026
Actively Exploited
May 26, 2026
Exploit Available
May 26, 2026
Patch Available
May 26, 2026

Version History

v3
Last enriched 18d ago
v3Tier C18d ago

Updated severity to CRITICAL, added affected versions 11 25H2 and 11 26H1, and provided a new description.

affectedVersions
via VulDB
v2Tier A18d ago

Added a detailed description of the vulnerability and marked it as actively exploited with an exploit available.

descriptionexploitAvailableactivelyExploited
via Microsoft MSRC
v118d ago

Initial creation