Vulnerability · CVE-2026-96209
Windows Network File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published Oct 13, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 16, 2026 · Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96209. EPSS is 0.25%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against 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
- 0.25%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 · vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 · vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 · vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2 · vendor Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2 · vendor Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Network File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windows 11 version 23H2version unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-96209
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
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-2026-96209. EPSS is 0.25%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. EPSS 0.25%. 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 16, 2026 · Tenable CVE Database
Detected
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Network File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Oct 16, 2026 · CVE.org
Updated
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Network File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96209
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Network File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-96209
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - Tenable CVE DatabaseVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96209
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Network File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
tenable.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.