- CVE
- CVE-2026-85880
- Severity
- Important
- CVSS base score
- 7.8
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
- Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- Exploitation detected
- Yes
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploitability
- Exploitation detected
- Component
- Windows ALPC
- Weakness
- CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Affected products
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, 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 Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
- Updates that fix it
- KB5122876: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) (restart required); 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); KB5122882: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation) (restart required); KB5123065: Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) (restart required); KB5123066: Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) (restart required); KB5123099: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) (restart required)
- CISA KEV
- Listed 8 Sep 2026; remediation due 22 Sep 2026
- EPSS
- 3.6%; scored 20 Oct 2026
- Public exploit code
- No Nuclei template listed
- Published
- 8 Sep 2026 07:00 UTC
- Last revised
- 16 Sep 2026 07:00 UTC
- Revision note
- CVSS vector modified to correct the temporal Exploit Code Maturity setting. This is an informational change only.