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CVE-2026-69968

Relative path traversal in Windows Libarchive allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.88%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.88%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Relative path traversal in Windows Libarchive allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.88% probability · 59th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-23
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 11 26h2 · microsoft/windows server 2019 · microsoft/windows server 2022 · microsoft/windows server 2025
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%14 October 2026: 0.77%26 October 2026: 0.88%14 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 0.8% on 14 October 2026 to 0.9% on 26 October 2026.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.