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CVE-2026-42978

CVE-2026-42978 is a Microsoft vulnerability that Microsoft rates Important, with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High). Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 7 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

High
7.8
CVSS v3
2.6%
EPSS, 30 days
High
Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 2.6%. CVSS 7.8 (High).

This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2026-42978

Windows Push Notifications is a low-profile service, but this flaw in it is rated Critical (CVSS 9.8) for elevation of privilege on Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019. The notification platform runs on every modern Windows session, so the vulnerable code is present and running regardless of whether anyone uses notifications. EPSS places exploit probability at 48 percent, one of four similar push notification findings this cycle.

Do this: Deploy the cumulative update to 1809 and Server 2019 systems, which resolves this whole group of push notification flaws at once.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2026-42978

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Schedule normally
No exploitation observed as of 2026-10-14: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS 3%.
Fixed by KB5093998 and 6 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.
Do this now: Deploy with your normal update cycle. This page refreshes daily; the verdict changes the day the data does.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2026-42978

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5093998, KB5094123, KB5094125, KB5094126, KB5094127, KB5094128, KB5095051 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2026-42978. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

KB5093998KB5094123KB5094125KB5094126KB5094127KB5094128KB5095051

Scope and sources

Affected products
Fixed by the same updates
CVE-2025-54518CVE-2026-41096CVE-2026-42990CVE-2026-44815CVE-2026-45657CVE-2026-47291CVE-2026-42904CVE-2025-10263
Authoritative references
Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detailMicrosoft MSRCFIRST.org EPSS

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