CVE-2026-21530
Windows Rich Text Edit Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Double free in Windows Rich Text Edit 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
Windows Rich Text Edit Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Double free in Windows Rich Text Edit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-21530- 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:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-29547
Double free in Windows Rich Text Edit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2026-29547- 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:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xp4f-mw6j-jxm8
Double free in Windows Rich Text Edit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Double free in Windows Rich Text Edit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-xp4f-mw6j-jxm8- 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-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Double free in Windows Rich Text Edit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-21530- 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-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft 365 apps for enterprise
- microsoft office 2016
- microsoft office 2019
- microsoft office ltsc 2021
- microsoft office ltsc 2024
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 25h2
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- microsoft windows 11 version 26h1
- microsoft windows server 2012
- microsoft windows server 2012 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- 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 1607
- microsoft windows 10 1809
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 24h2
- microsoft windows 11 25h2
- microsoft windows 11 26h1
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2
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-2026-21530 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Microsoft 365 Apps For Enterprise, published May 12, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.