CVE-2026-68824

Local privilege escalation via telemetry race condition

Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 9, 2026

Race condition in Connected User Experiences and Telemetry in Microsoft Windows allows local users to elevate privileges. Microsoft has not disclosed the shared resource, racing operations, or privilege boundary involved in the synchronization failure. Exploitation requires existing local authorization and high-complexity race timing; success grants elevated Windows privileges.

CVSS severity7.0

High

EPSS probability0.19%

Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026

Known exploitationUnconfirmed

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Summary

What happened

The record

CVE: CVE-2026-68824
Published: Sep 8, 2026
Updated: Sep 9, 2026

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
Classifications: CWE-416, CWE-362, T1068

Attack vector: local
Privileges: authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

Sep 8, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
Sep 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Affected versionversion=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.33438

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal

Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.33438

Microsoft · Windows 11, version 25H2version=10.0.26200.0 <10.0.26200.9445

Microsoft · Windows 11, version 24H2version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.9445

Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2version=10.0.19044.0 <10.0.19044.7725

Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2version=10.0.19045.0 <10.0.19045.7725

Microsoft · Windows 11, version 26H1version=10.0.28000.0 <10.0.28000.2954

Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2version=10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.7582

Microsoft · Windows Server 2022version=10.0.20348.0 <10.0.20348.5622

Microsoft · Windows Server 2025version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.33438

Published CVSS scores

6.1MicrosoftCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

7.0MicrosoftCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026

Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026

Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable

Prior 30-day averageUnavailable

SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)

Vectorlocal

Privilegesauthenticated

Known exploitationUnconfirmed

Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-416Use After Free

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Public exploit references

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