CVE-2026-21235: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Use after free in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-21235) involves a use-after-free condition in the Microsoft Graphics Component on Windows 10 Version 1607. Exploitation requires local access with some user interaction and can result in elevation of privileges, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official patch to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authorized local attacker to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access to the system. This can compromise system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21235 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-21235: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Use after free in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.3high
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-21235) involves a use-after-free condition in the Microsoft Graphics Component on Windows 10 Version 1607. Exploitation requires local access with some user interaction and can result in elevation of privileges, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official patch to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authorized local attacker to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access to the system. This can compromise system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21235 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2025-12-11T21:02:05.734Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21235","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 698b75ff4b57a58fa1209fdb
Added to database: 2/10/2026, 6:16:31 PM
Last enriched: 5/12/2026, 5:10:38 AM
Last updated: 6/10/2026, 4:12:10 AM
Views: 108
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