Local privilege escalation via untrusted search path
Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 9, 2026
Untrusted search path in Microsoft Windows Storage allows local users with low privileges to elevate privileges through local access. Windows Storage searches for a security-critical resource through a path that a less-privileged user can influence instead of restricting resolution to trusted locations. Microsoft has not published the resource or code locus involved; exploitation requires an existing low-privileged account and no user interaction, and success grants elevated local privileges.
Summary
What happened
Untrusted search path in Microsoft Windows Storage allows local users with low privileges to elevate privileges through local access. Windows Storage searches for a security-critical resource through a path that a less-privileged user can influence instead of restricting resolution to trusted locations. Microsoft has not published the resource or code locus involved; exploitation requires an existing low-privileged account and no user interaction, and success grants elevated local privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-69328
- Published
- Sep 8, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-426, T1574
- 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=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.9245
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