CVE-2026-70184: Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2
Vendor fix available · Affected: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 36% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper resolution of path equivalence in Windows Backup Engine allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected products8
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2from 10.0.19044.0 before 10.0.19044.7807
- Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2from 10.0.19045.0 before 10.0.19045.7807
- Microsoft · Windows 11 version 23H2from 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.7652
- Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2from 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.7652
- Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2from 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.9711
- Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 25H2from 10.0.26200.0 before 10.0.26200.9711
- Microsoft · Windows 11 version 26H1from 10.0.28000.0 before 10.0.28000.3231
- Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 26H2from 10.0.26300.0 before 10.0.26300.9711
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Published
- October 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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