CVE-2026-96849
Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers allows an authorized attacker to disclose information 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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-96849- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-10
EUVDEUVD-2026-99774
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
EUVD-2026-99774- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-10
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wx66-6c6f-2wv9
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers allows an authorized attacker to...
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
GHSA-wx66-6c6f-2wv9- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
CVE-2026-96849- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | CVE List, EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-96849 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 26h1, published October 13, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.