Aug 2026: Windows Autopilot Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-65780 Published on August 11, 2026
Windows Autopilot Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Double free in Windows Autopilot allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness Type
What is a Double-free Vulnerability?
The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations. When a program calls free() twice with the same argument, the program's memory management data structures become corrupted. This corruption can cause the program to crash or, in some circumstances, cause two later calls to malloc() to return the same pointer. If malloc() returns the same value twice and the program later gives the attacker control over the data that is written into this doubly-allocated memory, the program becomes vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack.
CVE-2026-65780 has been classified to as a Double-free vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-65780
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2:- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.9168 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26200.0 and below 10.0.26200.9168 is affected.
- Version 10.0.28000.0 and below 10.0.28000.2704 is affected.