CVE-2026-69425Important
Windows NTFS Tampering Vulnerability
Assessment
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows NTFS allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.
- Severity
- Important
- CVSS base score
- 4.7CVSS:3.1/
AV:L/ AC:H/ PR:L/ UI:N/ S:U/ C:N/ I:H/ A:N/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Tampering
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.3%Higher than 19% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 26 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Unlikely
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Component
- Windows NTFS
- Weakness
- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 8 Sep 2026 · September 2026
- Last revised
- 8 Sep 2026
Updates that fix it
3 KBs| KB | Type | Restart | Applies to | Other CVEs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KB5122880 | Security Update | Required | Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems | All CVEs in KB5122880 |
| KB5124008 | Security Update | Required | Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based Systems and 1 more | All CVEs in KB5124008 |
| KB5124012 | Security Update | Required | Windows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based Systems | All CVEs in KB5124012 |
Affected products
Windows8 affected products
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 25H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based Systems