CVE-2026-70235
Windows Event Tracing Spoofing Vulnerability
Improper authentication in Windows Event Tracing allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Event Tracing Spoofing Vulnerability
Improper authentication in Windows Event Tracing allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-70235- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-10
EUVDEUVD-2026-99077
Improper authentication in Windows Event Tracing allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
- Record
EUVD-2026-99077- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-10
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mwwf-g3gx-m22m
Improper authentication in Windows Event Tracing allows an authorized attacker to perform...
Improper authentication in Windows Event Tracing allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
- Record
GHSA-mwwf-g3gx-m22m- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper authentication in Windows Event Tracing allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-70235- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 25h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 26h1
- microsoft windows 11 version 26h2
- microsoft windows server 2025
- microsoft windows server 2025 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 11 24h2
- microsoft windows 11 25h2
- microsoft windows 11 26h1
- microsoft windows 11 26h2
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-2026-70235 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24h2, published October 13, 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.