CVE-2026-69322
Microsoft Windows Search Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Double free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- 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
Microsoft Windows Search Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Double free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2026-69322- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-10
EUVDEUVD-2026-73454
Double free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2026-73454- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-10
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-352w-jjjr-j8mh
Double free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate...
Double free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
GHSA-352w-jjjr-j8mh- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Double free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2026-69322- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 25h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 26h1
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2025
- microsoft windows server 2025 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 11 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 24h2
- microsoft windows 11 25h2
- microsoft windows 11 26h1
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-69322 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23h2, published September 8, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.