Local privilege escalation via untrusted search path
Published Jun 9, 2026 · Updated Jun 9, 2026
Untrusted search path in Microsoft Narrator Braille allows local users to elevate privileges through locally executed code. Microsoft identifies the affected locus only as Narrator's Braille support and has not disclosed which search path resolves attacker-controlled content. Exploitation requires prior low-privileged code execution on a Windows system with the optional Accessibility – Braille support feature installed, and successful exploitation grants higher local privileges.
Summary
What happened
Untrusted search path in Microsoft Narrator Braille allows local users to elevate privileges through locally executed code. Microsoft identifies the affected locus only as Narrator's Braille support and has not disclosed which search path resolves attacker-controlled content. Exploitation requires prior low-privileged code execution on a Windows system with the optional Accessibility – Braille support feature installed, and successful exploitation grants higher local privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-48565
- Published
- Jun 9, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Narrator
- Classifications
- CWE-426, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 9, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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