VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-32162
Acceptance of extraneous untrusted data with trusted data in Windows COM allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
HIGH 8.4EPSS 1.92%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Acceptance of extraneous untrusted data with trusted data in Windows COM allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.92% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-349
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 10 1809 · microsoft/windows 10 21h2 · microsoft/windows 10 22h2 · microsoft/windows 11 23h2 · microsoft/windows 11 24h2 · microsoft/windows 11 25h2 · microsoft/windows 11 26h1 · microsoft/windows server 2019 · microsoft/windows server 2022 · microsoft/windows server 2022 23h2 · microsoft/windows server 2025
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 0.2% on 24 September 2026 to 1.9% on 26 October 2026.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.