CVE tracker / CVE-2026-69322
CVE-2026-69322
CVE-2026-69322 is the Microsoft Windows Search Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 8.0. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published September 8, 2026.
Risk summary
Microsoft describes it: “Double free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.”
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 12 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5122871 · fixed build 10.0.26100.33438
Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) - KB5122880 · fixed build 10.0.22631.7582
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems - KB5122882 · fixed build 10.0.20348.5622
Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation) - KB5124008 · fixed build 10.0.26100.9445, 10.0.26200.9445
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 - KB5124012 · fixed build 10.0.28000.2954
Windows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based Systems
What Microsoft changed
- October 9, 2026: Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
- September 8, 2026: Information published.
Details
- Weakness
- CWE-415: Double Free
- Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
- No
- Exploited (Microsoft)
- No
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Not listed
- Published
- September 8, 2026
- Last revised
- October 9, 2026
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References
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