Jun 2026: Windows Hotpatch Monitoring Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-42910 Published on June 9, 2026
Windows Hotpatch Monitoring Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Out-of-bounds write in Windows Hotpatch Monitoring Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2026-42910 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-42910
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2:- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.8655 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26200.0 and below 10.0.26200.8655 is affected.
- Version 10.0.28000.0 and below 10.0.28000.2269 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.32995 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.32995 is affected.