CVE-2026-65780 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Double free in Windows Autopilot allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 11 24h2 Windows 11 25h2 Windows 11 26h1

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-65780

History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Double free in Windows Autopilot allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Title		Windows Autopilot Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft windows 11 24h2 Microsoft windows 11 25h2 Microsoft windows 11 26h1
Weaknesses		CWE-415
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24H2:::::::arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25H2:::::::arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26H1:::::::x64:*
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft windows 11 24h2 Microsoft windows 11 25h2 Microsoft windows 11 26h1
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-65780
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2026-08-11T17:06:53.620Z

Updated: 2026-08-12T17:57:19.328Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T21:30:09.119Z

Link: CVE-2026-65780

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T13:50:22.663Z

NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-08-11T17:18:57.427

Modified: 2026-08-12T14:18:30.263

Link: CVE-2026-65780

Redhat

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