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Windows Biometric Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Assessment

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Biometric Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Severity
Important
CVSS base score
7.8
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
Exploitation detected
No known exploitation (MSRC assessment)
Exploitability
Exploitation Less Likely
Publicly disclosed
No (MSRC assessment)
EPSS · 30-day forecast
No EPSS score collected
Customer action
Required: follow the MSRC remediation guidance
More details
CVSS vector
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
Public detection template
No Nuclei template is listed in the current collected catalog
Component
Windows Biometric Service
Weakness
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Issued by
Microsoft
Published
10 Nov 2026 · November 2026
Last revised
10 Nov 2026
CVSS 3.1 base metricsRed raises the risk · green lowers it
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

8 KBs
KBTypeRestartApplies toKnown issuesOther CVEs
KB5122871 Security UpdateRequiredWindows Server 2025, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)ResolvedUSB audio devices might fail to start or produce no soundAll CVEs in KB5122871
KB5122876 Security UpdateRequiredWindows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Windows Server 2019 and 1 moreResolvedUSB audio devices might fail to start or produce no soundAll CVEs in KB5122876
KB5122878 Security UpdateRequiredWindows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems and 3 moreResolvedUSB audio devices might fail to start or produce no soundAll CVEs in KB5122878
KB5122880 Security UpdateRequiredWindows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based SystemsResolvedUSB audio devices might fail to start or produce no soundAll CVEs in KB5122880
KB5122882 Security UpdateRequiredWindows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)ResolvedUSB audio devices might fail to start or produce no soundAll CVEs in KB5122882
KB5123099 Security UpdateRequiredWindows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Windows Server 2016 and 1 moreResolvedUSB audio devices might fail to start or produce no soundAll CVEs in KB5123099
KB5124008 Security UpdateRequiredWindows 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 moreResolvedUSB audio devices might fail to start or produce no soundResolvedDomain-joined devices might lose their secure trust relationship with the domainAll CVEs in KB5124008
KB5124012 Security UpdateRequiredWindows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based SystemsResolvedUSB audio devices might fail to start or produce no soundResolvedDomain-joined devices might lose their secure trust relationship with the domainAll CVEs in KB5124012

Affected products

ESU, Windows
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cve-program · CVE-2026-88239

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Windows Biometric Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Biometric Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Source published
10 Nov 2026 18:16:58 UTC
Source modified
10 Nov 2026 19:37:04 UTC
Observed here
10 Nov 2026 21:21:24 UTC
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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

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