Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Assessment
Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS base score
- 7.8CVSS:3.1/
AV:L/ AC:L/ PR:L/ UI:N/ S:U/ C:H/ I:H/ A:H/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.3%Higher than 25.3% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 25 Oct 2026 · about EPSS
- Public exploit code
- No Nuclei template lists it
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Less Likely
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Component
- Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave
- Weakness
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 13 Oct 2026 · October 2026
- Last revised
- 13 Oct 2026
- Attack vector
- LocalAV:L
- Attack complexity
- LowAC:L
- Privileges required
- LowPR:L
- User interaction
- NoneUI:N
- Scope
- UnchangedS:U
- Confidentiality
- HighC:H
- Integrity
- HighI:H
- Availability
- HighA:H
Updates that fix it
3 KBs| KB | Type | Restart | Applies to | Other CVEs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KB5126653 | Security Update | Required | Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems | All CVEs in KB5126653 |
| KB5127646 | Security Update | Required | Windows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based Systems | All CVEs in KB5127646 |
| KB5127648 | 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 3 more | All CVEs in KB5127648 |
Affected products
Windows10 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
- Windows 11 Version 26H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 26H2 for x64-based Systems
Independent patch analysis
Cisco Talos IntelligenceMicrosoft Patch Tuesday for October 2026 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities · 13 Oct 2026
Talos supplies analysis and cycle-level Snort rule references. Its article does not map each rule to a CVE or establish protection for your deployment. MSRC remains the source for vulnerability and fixing-update facts.
What changed
First observed 14 Oct 2026- 25 Oct 2026 · 17:12:51 UTC EPSS0.3%; scored 24 Oct 2026 → 0.3%; scored 25 Oct 2026
- 25 Oct 2026 · 01:34:18 UTC EPSS0.3%; scored 23 Oct 2026 → 0.3%; scored 24 Oct 2026
- 23 Oct 2026 · 15:51:28 UTC EPSS0.3%; scored 22 Oct 2026 → 0.3%; scored 23 Oct 2026
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Public exploit codeUnknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC CISA KEVUnknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained → Not listed in the collected catalog
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeIncomplete → Current
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: first-epssIncomplete → Current
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: cisa-kevIncomplete → Current
- 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfIncomplete → Current
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Public exploit codeNo Nuclei template listed → Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC CISA KEVNot listed in the collected catalog → Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeCurrent → Incomplete
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- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTCSource coverage: first-epss Current → Incomplete
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTCSource coverage: cisa-kev Current → Incomplete
- 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTCSource coverage: msrc-cvrf Current → Incomplete
- 22 Oct 2026 · 17:33:15 UTCEPSS 0.3%; scored 21 Oct 2026 → 0.3%; scored 22 Oct 2026
- 21 Oct 2026 · 21:47:24 UTCEPSS 0.3%; scored 20 Oct 2026 → 0.3%; scored 21 Oct 2026
- 20 Oct 2026 · 20:53:31 UTCEPSS 0.3%; scored 19 Oct 2026 → 0.3%; scored 20 Oct 2026
- 19 Oct 2026 · 15:12:40 UTCEPSS 0.3%; scored 18 Oct 2026 → 0.3%; scored 19 Oct 2026
- 19 Oct 2026 · 15:12:40 UTCLink: Cisco Talos analysis → https://blog.talosintelligence.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-for-october-2026
- 18 Oct 2026 · 14:54:30 UTCEPSS 0.3%; scored 16 Oct 2026 → 0.3%; scored 18 Oct 2026
- 18 Oct 2026 · 14:54:30 UTCLink: October 2026 → /security?release=2026-Oct#cves
- 16 Oct 2026 · 16:13:25 UTCEPSS 0.3%; scored 15 Oct 2026 → 0.3%; scored 16 Oct 2026
- 15 Oct 2026 · 21:30:54 UTCEPSS 0.3%; scored 14 Oct 2026 → 0.3%; scored 15 Oct 2026
- 15 Oct 2026 · 01:07:54 UTCEPSS Not scored → 0.3%; scored 14 Oct 2026
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Collected exploitation and prediction evidence
Risk source coverageCISA KEV is observed exploitation evidence. FIRST EPSS is a dated prediction of exploitation in the next 30 days. Missing scores are unknown. This collector requests predictions only for explicit CVE aliases in the public NuGet archive; Microsoft release views retain their existing prediction scope.
No collected risk observation for these identifiers. This does not establish absence of exploitation or a zero probability.
cve-program · CVE-2026-88074
PublishedWindows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Source published
- 13 Oct 2026 19:00:17 UTC
- Source modified
- 25 Oct 2026 18:42:27 UTC
- Observed here
- 25 Oct 2026 20:02:02 UTC
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- CVE Program Terms of Use
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CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C