Vulnerability · CVE-2026-102209
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Published Oct 13, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 20, 2026 · windows 11 26h1
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-102209. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of windows 11 26h1 is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.24%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/windows 11 26h1
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Are you affected?
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- cpe microsoft/windows 11 26h1< 10.0.28000.3231
How to fix CVE-2026-102209
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-102209. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of windows 11 26h1 is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with microsoft/windows 11 26h1 < 10.0.28000.3231. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Oct 20, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-102209
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-102209
30-day exploitation probability 0.24%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-102209
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.