CVE-2026-69979
What it is
Improper protection of alternate path in Windows AppX Deployment Service allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-424
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Microsoft Windows 10 21h2 < 10.0.19044.7807
- Microsoft Windows 10 22h2 < 10.0.19045.7807
- Microsoft Windows 11 23h2 < 10.0.22631.7652
- Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 < 10.0.26100.9711
- Microsoft Windows 11 25h2 < 10.0.26200.9711
- Microsoft Windows 11 26h1 < 10.0.28000.3231
- Microsoft Windows 11 26h2 < 10.0.26300.9711
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022 < 10.0.20348.5761
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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