{"id":"CVE-2026-116638","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-116638","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:12:00.275Z","title":"The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an attacker to bypass firmware security controls, including administrator-configured UEFI/BIOS passwords.","description":"The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an attacker to bypass firmware security controls, including administrator-configured UEFI/BIOS passwords. An attacker with physical or administrative access to a device may be able to leverage WinRE-related boot mechanisms to circumvent firmware protections and gain unauthorized access to system resources.","published":"2026-10-26T19:16:31.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-27T15:00:49.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":null,"cwe":[],"affected":[],"epss":null,"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"unknown","text":"Not yet scored. NVD analysis is pending; check back once CVSS and EPSS values are published."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-26T19:16:31.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-26T19:16:31.117Z"},"summary":"New CVE, not yet scored."}],"references":[{"url":"https://beafn28.es/articulos/winre-uefi-bypass","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/226679","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/226679","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116638","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}