CVE•Published 2026-09-08•Modified 2026-09-09•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-69779
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.0
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-08
Modified 2026-09-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-69779Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-69779Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-69779Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-69779GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-69779 on GitHub.
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