CVE-2026-69942
Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.8)—
Severity7.8High · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.33 %higher than 25% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
Buffer over-read in Windows Overlay Filter allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
CVSS
- Base score
- 7.8
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 0.33 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 25
- Score date
- 10/21/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
ATT&CK techniques
How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.
- Exploitation
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation90 % - Primary impact
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution75 %
Vector AV:L/PR:L/UI:N indica escalada local; la descripción dice que el atacante autorizado ejecuta código localmente, sin intérprete concreto, por lo que T1059 padre.
Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.
ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques
Affected technologies (7)
CWEs
- CWE-126
References
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Raw JSON (NVD)
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