CVE-2026-96188: Microsoft PowerToys Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft · Microsoft PowerToys
Vendor fix available · Affected: Microsoft PowerToys · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 32% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
External control of system or configuration setting in Microsoft PowerToys allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Microsoft · Microsoft PowerToysfrom 0.1 before 0.101.2632.0
On the Atlas
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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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