Local privilege escalation via shared-resource race
Published Apr 14, 2026 · Updated Apr 14, 2026
A race condition in Windows Push Notifications allows local users with low privileges to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems. The component improperly synchronizes concurrent access to a shared resource, enabling use of freed memory during a timing window. Microsoft has not disclosed the specific object or code path; exploitation requires local low-privileged access and successful race timing.
Summary
What happened
A race condition in Windows Push Notifications allows local users with low privileges to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems. The component improperly synchronizes concurrent access to a shared resource, enabling use of freed memory during a timing window. Microsoft has not disclosed the specific object or code path; exploitation requires local low-privileged access and successful race timing.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-26172
- Published
- Apr 14, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
- Classifications
- CWE-362, CWE-416, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 14, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.32690
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