CVE-2026-96188: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft PowerToys
Microsoft PowerToys Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.3epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 71% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
External control of system or configuration setting in Microsoft PowerToys allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft PowerToysRelated CVEs — Microsoft PowerToys
In the same product, most dangerous first.