CVE-2026-70021
Microsoft Windows 11 24h2: use-after-free
- Risk score
- 56/100
- CVSS
- 7.0 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 13 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- Use after free in Windows Direct Composition allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Affected
- Microsoft Windows 11 24h2
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Story map
At a glance
Microsoft Windows 11 24h2: Amber, patch this week. Uncontrolled search path element in Windows AI allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
The flaws
- CVE-2026-70021: Use-after-free (CVSS 7.0 · EPSS 0%)
- CVE-2026-69923: Uncontrolled search path element in Windows AI allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges… (CVSS 7.8 · EPSS 0%)
- CVE-2026-85836: Use-after-free (CVSS 7.8 · EPSS 0%)
- CVE-2026-85837: Out-of-bounds read (CVSS 7.8 · EPSS 0%)
The fix
Fix: Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Who is exposed: Microsoft Windows 11 24h2
Where it stands
- No known exploitation
Connects to
- Same weakness: Use-after-free (CWE-416). 399 other warnings in 30 days
- Same product: Earlier Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 warnings. 17 in the last 90 days
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.0 high
- On your watchlist: windows server
References
Original description
Use after free in Windows Direct Composition allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Last activity 13 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.