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CVE-2026-32162

Q: Is CVE-2026-32162 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-32162 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.9% on 2026-10-25, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-32162?

CVE-2026-32162 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Windows COM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2026-04-14
Fixed in10.0.17763.8644
WeaknessCWE-349

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

Acceptance of extraneous untrusted data with trusted data in Windows COM allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2026-04-1418:17CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-25 15:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-32162?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-32162?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Microsoft windows 10 1809

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
10.0	< 10.0.17763.8644	10.0.17763.8644	NVD

Microsoft windows 10 21h2

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
10.0	< 10.0.19044.7184	10.0.19044.7184	NVD

Microsoft windows 10 22h2

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
10.0	< 10.0.19045.7184	10.0.19045.7184	NVD

8 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Update Microsoft windows 10 1809 to 10.0.17763.8644

Advisories and patches

msrc.microsoft.comVendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2026-04-15
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CNACVSS 3.18.4read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-349read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.9 %2026-10-25
Microsoft MSRCadvisory—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2026-04-14
Last Modified: 2026-10-14
NVD status: Analyzed
MSRC Title: Windows COM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-32162?

Acceptance of extraneous untrusted data with trusted data in Windows COM allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Is CVE-2026-32162 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-32162 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.9% on 2026-10-25, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-32162?

CVE-2026-32162 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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