Local code execution via Graphics Kernel race
Published Sep 9, 2025 · Updated Feb 20, 2026
Code execution in the Microsoft Windows Graphics Kernel allows local authenticated users to run code after required user interaction. Microsoft identifies TOCTOU and type-confusion weaknesses but has not disclosed the affected function, resource, or operation between the check and use. Exploitation requires low local privileges and user interaction; successful exploitation executes code in an unspecified security context.
Summary
What happened
Code execution in the Microsoft Windows Graphics Kernel allows local authenticated users to run code after required user interaction. Microsoft identifies TOCTOU and type-confusion weaknesses but has not disclosed the affected function, resource, or operation between the check and use. Exploitation requires low local privileges and user interaction; successful exploitation executes code in an unspecified security context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-55236
- Published
- Sep 9, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-843, CWE-367, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 9, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.7792
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