May 2026: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-35420 Published on May 12, 2026
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness Type
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
Products Associated with CVE-2026-35420
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2012:- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.26079 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.26079 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.23181 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.23181 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9140 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9140 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.8755 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.8755 is affected.
- Version 10.0.20348.0 and below 10.0.20348.5139 is affected.
- Version 10.0.25398.0 and below 10.0.25398.2330 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.32860 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.32860 is affected.