Oct 2026: Windows NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-96931 Published on October 13, 2026
Windows NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows NTFS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness Type
Untrusted Pointer Dereference
The program obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-96931
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607:- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9612 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.9376 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19044.0 and below 10.0.19044.7807 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19045.0 and below 10.0.19044.7807 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.7652 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.7652 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.9711 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26200.0 and below 10.0.26200.9711 is affected.
- Version 10.0.28000.0 and below 10.0.28000.3231 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26300.0 and below 10.0.26300.9711 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.26434 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.26434 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.23470 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.23470 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9612 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9612 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.9376 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.9376 is affected.
- Version 10.0.20348.0 and below 10.0.20348.5761 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.33650 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.33650 is affected.