Jun 2026: NT OS Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-42980 Published on June 9, 2026
NT OS Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Integer underflow (wrap or wraparound) in Windows NT OS Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness Types
What is an Integer underflow Vulnerability?
The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result. This can happen in signed and unsigned cases.
CVE-2026-42980 has been classified to as an Integer underflow vulnerability or weakness.
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-2026-42980
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607:- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9234 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.8880 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19044.0 and below 10.0.19044.7417 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19045.0 and below 10.0.19045.7417 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.7219 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.7219 is affected.
- 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 1.0.0 and below 10.0.28000.2269 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.26132 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.26132 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.23228 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.23228 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9234 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9234 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.8880 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.8880 is affected.
- Version 10.0.20348.0 and below 10.0.20348.5256 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.