CVE-2026-32223
Windows USB Printing Stack (usbprint.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows USB Print Driver allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows USB Printing Stack (usbprint.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows USB Print Driver allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
- Record
CVE-2026-32223- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-22611
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows USB Print Driver allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
- Record
EUVD-2026-22611- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gj4f-xcvc-q45w
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows USB Print Driver allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate...
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows USB Print Driver allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
- Record
GHSA-gj4f-xcvc-q45w- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows USB Print Driver allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
- Record
CVE-2026-32223- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | enki-kr/CVE-2026-32223-USBPrint-Exploit | 2026-04-15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-32223 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24h2, published April 14, 2026. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32223
vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-32223-detection-script-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-usb-print-driver
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32223
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gj4f-xcvc-q45w