CVE-2025-26681
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use after free in Windows Win32K - GRFX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use after free in Windows Win32K - GRFX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-26681- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10205
Use after free in Windows Win32K - GRFX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10205- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9c5m-4mvh-2p3v
Use after free in Windows Win32K - GRFX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows Win32K - GRFX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-9c5m-4mvh-2p3v- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Use after free in Windows Win32K - GRFX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-26681- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h3
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2025
- microsoft windows server 2025 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-26681 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21h2, published April 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.58%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.