Recorded 14 Oct 2026 at 11:22 UTC. This is what ChangeIntel recorded, including the title, summary, facts and links. It is not a statement of the source's current position. See the latest record.

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Windows Hello Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Hello allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

What it said

CVE: CVE-2026-69710
Severity: Critical
CVSS base score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Exploitation detected: Not reported by MSRC
Publicly disclosed: No
Exploitability: Exploitation Unlikely
Component: Windows Hello
Weakness: CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Issued by: Microsoft
Customer action: Required: apply the update
Affected products: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems, 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
Updates that fix it: KB5122878: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (restart required); KB5122880: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (restart required); KB5124008: 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 (restart required); KB5124012: Windows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based Systems (restart required)
CISA KEV: Not listed in the collected catalog
EPSS: 0.2%; scored 13 Oct 2026
Public exploit code: No Nuclei template listed
Published: 8 Sep 2026 07:00 UTC
Last revised: 8 Sep 2026 07:00 UTC
Revision note: Information published.

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Microsoft security releases: Complete at observationRead 14 Oct 2026 at 11:21 UTC
CISA KEV: Complete at observationRead 14 Oct 2026 at 11:21 UTC
FIRST EPSS: Complete at observationRead 14 Oct 2026 at 11:21 UTC
Public detection templates (Nuclei): Complete at observationRead 14 Oct 2026 at 11:21 UTC

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14 Oct 2026 · 11:22:42 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfIncomplete → Current