CVE-2026-32162: CWE-349: Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Acceptance of extraneous untrusted data with trusted data in Windows COM allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-32162 and classified under CWE-349, affects Windows 10 Version 1809 (build 10.0.17763.0). It arises from Windows COM accepting extraneous untrusted data with trusted data, enabling local privilege escalation without user interaction. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.4, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official patch to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows a local attacker to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access on the affected Windows 10 system. This can lead to full system compromise, including unauthorized access to sensitive data and system resources.
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-2026-32162 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-32162: CWE-349: Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Description
Acceptance of extraneous untrusted data with trusted data in Windows COM allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-32162 and classified under CWE-349, affects Windows 10 Version 1809 (build 10.0.17763.0). It arises from Windows COM accepting extraneous untrusted data with trusted data, enabling local privilege escalation without user interaction. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.4, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official patch to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows a local attacker to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access on the affected Windows 10 system. This can lead to full system compromise, including unauthorized access to sensitive data and system resources.
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-2026-32162 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-10T23:09:43.265Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32162","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69de7a3082d89c981fd6bc92
Added to database: 4/14/2026, 5:32:32 PM
Last enriched: 4/14/2026, 6:17:28 PM
Last updated: 4/15/2026, 6:04:46 AM
Views: 3
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